• gtrcoi@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    Isn’t that the guy who was giving Epstein advice on dealing with his reputation as a sex offender?

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, I honestly don’t know what to make of that, it’s personally a real letdown as Chomsky’s power came from truth telling and moral clarity, and then he hangs out with that fucking pedo. I’m not sure what he was accused of specifically. I thought it was that he had dinners with Epstein. I hadn’t heard he advised him. That’d be next level bad.

      However, I don’t think that changes his analysis. Either it’s valid or not.

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      2 months ago

      Imagine if all the physics Hawking wrote became invalid because he knew a sex trafficker. Why even bring that up.

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        2 months ago

        It isn’t just that he “knew” a sex trafficker, it’s that he tried to help a sex trafficker white-wash his reputation for sex trafficking. It’s not guilt by association, it’s guilt by his specific actions.

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          2 months ago

          I ask you again, of what relevance is that to the topic being discussed? The obvious relevance seems to be that it is a blatant ad hominem. I don’t care if Chompsky is a boy scout or a boy scout rapist, in the context of evaluating his arguments.