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Joel McKinnon's avatar

Thank you for writing this up, which couldn't have been much fun. I was a bit shocked to see your name come up in one of the deep dives on the files I've read, and this makes me a lot more comfortable with your limited engagement with him.

Feral America's avatar

You may want to check out my recent article on this. https://substack.com/home/post/p-196690678

UFO Dream Yogi's avatar

Would you care to comment on this particular email you exchanged w Epstein in which you go into great detail about controlling climax with sound? And this email does not suggest that you knew about at least some of his sexual deviance?

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00823659.pdf

Patty O’Callaghan's avatar

Total respect for the honesty. I'm sorry to see that you got involved in this nightmare. I wish you all the best and keep on working on beneficial AGI, the world doesn't understand yet how important and critical this work is.

jaycee's avatar

Appreciate the honesty. Anyone that has followed you over the years knows you have a good heart. Even if you're a weirdo sometimes. :)

Ordinary uniqueness's avatar

If you were feeling like it, why wait for your name to come up before this?

You knew you have dealt with it before things were "released", no? So why not be transparent without needing this "push"?

Mike Ptolemy's avatar

It seems like Epstein wedged himself into the business of others. Without direct information about his nonsense, how could you have known what he was up to? I've periodically followed your work from afar since c. 2008. In your public persona, you've always come across as a true believer. That appears not to be the case of more prominent individuals "working" in AI. Keep fighting the good fight.

Mike Ptolemy's avatar

The link wants me to download something from the Epstein files. I'm not doing that.

Feral America's avatar

I'll give you the tl;dr - Ben emailed asking for more money to be funneled through Humanity+ for his other for-profit project, but was denied because Epstein was in the news again. Ben replied, giving Epstein the benefit of the doubt and accusing the victims of being greedy. In the very next paragraph, he asked again for $25,000. Funny, accusing people of seeking money in the same email you are seeking money.

Feral America's avatar

You can just put the file number in the DOJ Epstein search bar, or you can go read my last substack. It has an image of it in there.

Mike Ptolemy's avatar

Just listened to/read your article. Welp... There it is.

anfr's avatar

Thank you for sharing this so transparently. This monster was literally everywhere.

Matt Vaughn's avatar

thanks for this ben. in a larger sense this essay is an inside look at how this evil individual was able to gain so much influence on so many fields. and as such it is important to the historical record. also, money makes the world go round and having little to none makes 'fringe' research practically impossible. i should know, i have little to no money and tons of fringe research to do, lol... any eccentric billionaires reading this? hit me up!... i was recently interviewed on richard syrett's strange planet podcast about the fact a friend of my father's family (stanley pons) had his cold fusion research suppressed by jeff epstien (according to what epstien said in the emails). as i pointed out in the interview an interesting fact of the epstien emails was that he was into every 'fringe' science there was (cold fusion, agi, bitcoin. psi powers, etc) to me this shows the validity of these tools--in that the evil forces are studying them, funding them, trying to control them. the forces that controlled jeff ep are certainly not skeptics! we are in a race for control of the future! keep your head up ben and keep working on birthing beneficial agi, everything hinges on it and i do mean everything! https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/who-was-stanley-pons-the-scientist-jeffrey-epstein-claimed-to-have-killed-years-ago-13987972

Yannis Korovesis's avatar

Ben, I follow you via V.F Turchin's connections, I firstly meet him via snail mail in 1987. I appreciate you nailing the problem of seeking funds for Research as a trap for many. Do you detect in your analysis possible involvement of Russian/Soviet origin ?

Colleen Pridemore's avatar

Thank you Ben. I cannot imagine having to navigate these crazy Waters of Epstein these days and I applaud you for coming out and stating exactly what had happened during that time.

Habtom Kahsay Gidey's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing these extensive details, Ben. The last section before the conclusion reflects the painful reality of research and academia 🌱🖖

chayote tacos's avatar

Well said. What a nasty and brutal maze he and his conspirators crafted. Almost a full

Rogue state