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I think the statement “people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math” is incredibly revealing

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      4 months ago

      Ya but he was experimented on by a Harvard psych professor, so that’s not a fair comparison.

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        4 months ago

        edit: found it sorry

        Kaczynski’s lawyers later attributed his hostility towards mind control techniques to his participation in Murray’s study.[25] Kaczynski stated he resented Murray and his co-workers, primarily because of the invasion of his privacy he perceived as a result of their experiments. Nevertheless, he said he was “quite confident that [his] experiences with Professor Murray had no significant effect on the course of [his] life”.[28]

        I dunno, I’m inclined to believe someone with that kind of intelligence to be able to evaluate his own motivations. YMMV