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by tzs 2460 days ago
> Minsky should have known. Implying there's any way what he did was okay creates an unwelcoming environment for women, especially young women and girls at MIT

How would Minsky have known? It was 2001 or early 2002, before Epstein's trafficking came to light. From Minsky's point of view, a girl who worked at Epstein's retreat as a masseuse and was above the age of consent [1] offered to have sex with him. (Which, according to Gregory Benford, who was there, Minsky declined).

[1] 16. It wasn't until later that the US Virgin Islands raised it to the current 18.

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https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/9/20798900/marvin-minsky-jef...

> In 2012, the Jeffrey Epstein Foundation issued a press release touting another conference organized by Minsky on the island in December 2011.

The press release is at https://www.pr.com/press-release/383199