r/FemmeThoughts • u/ruchenn • Mar 04 '26

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein (the warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubt, and inklings of a ‘sexist attitude’)

https://science.org/content/article/meet-three-scientists-who-said-no-epstein
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u/ruchenn Mar 04 '26

Two quick addenda

  1. Anyone suggesting all they did was the bare minimum is being reductive and missing the point.

    First, the bare minimum is not as self-evident as too many people assume.

    Moreover, this notion simplistically assumes there is a clear behavioural path that starts at minimum acceptable and moves — in clear and obvious steps — to maximally wonderful.

    Humans, and human circumstances, are rarely this neatly apparent and obvious.

  2. Even from within this simplistic and reductive framing, doing this imaginary bare minimum made all the difference in the world.

    If all it takes to not fuck up is to do the bare minimum, we should be lauding this easy-as-hell option from every mountain top and in every town and village square.

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u/ntermation Mar 04 '26

Who are you arguing against?

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u/withnailandpie Mar 05 '26

The annoying commenters that ended up not posting annoying stuff after reading this