From his textbook “Evolutionary Dynamics: Exploring The Equations of Life.” In the last sentence of the preface, after a couple dozen acknowledgements that are literally just a list of names, he has one last special thanks that gets its own paragraph:
“I thank Jeffrey Epstein for many ideas and for letting me participate in his passionate pursuit of knowledge in all its forms”
Email Source: EFTA00984937
Harvard Places Math Professor Martin Nowak on Paid Administrative Leave Over Epstein Ties: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/2/25/nowak-leave-epstein/
79 Comments
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 228 pts · 163d
What in the French fried fuck, he gave a fucking shoutout to Epstein in the dedication of his textbook…?
zout@fedia.io · 85 pts · 163d
Not to be that guy, but Epstein wasn't always known to be the bad guy to the general public, and this professor might not have known about the not public stuff he was doing. I haven't read the article though, so maybe not.
Edit: read the article, Harvard only put the guy on leave because everything became public with the release of the Epstein files. It seems to be that this professor was in on it, and Harvard had taken action against him before but lifted the sanctions because of reasons.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 68 pts · 163d
The title image literally quotes him asking "did you torture her"
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 163d
That’s Epstein asking Nowak
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 24 pts · 163d
Ah true, but still a good example to show that Nowak should have known that Epstein had a screw loose.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 5 pts · 163d
It's a good example to show that Nowak was torturing women and girls
lmmarsano@group.lt · 6 pts · 163d
Who are spies captured on missions?
It's a good example to show the commenters on lemmy lack reading comprehension & grasp of hyperbole & banter.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 0 pts · 163d
Someone does.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 163d
yeah..fuck that guy.
merc@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 163d
The book was published in October 2006.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein#Alleged_trafficking_ring_and_blackmail_tapes
So, um...
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 1 pts · 162d
Maybe the draft was from before May and they didn't change it? lol.
merc@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 162d
You'd think someone who was good buddies with Epstein would know about his legal troubles. If he were smart, he'd have been demanding his publisher let him change that dedication after he found out what Epstein was charged with.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu · 8 pts · 163d
You are that guy man right in your own special way you are that guy
Avicenna@programming.dev · 2 pts · 163d
That would be more true if he met Epstein couple times but this guy seemingly was very close with him. At this point he should be considered a collaborator in his crimes.
Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 163d
That’s your issue and not the email from Epstein asking if he “tortured her”?
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 163d
…how is that your takeaway from my comment?
Of course that’s entirely heinous. I was just remarking on the fact that the guy fucking put Epstein in the dedication of his textbook on top of that. It’s just an extra layer of gratuitous, gleeful evil that just beggars belief.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 162d
Epstein sought like minded assholes in all forms of power, including the academy.
snooggums@piefed.world · 154 pts · 163d
I love how shitty people get paid vacations for being shitty.
raman_klogius@ani.social · 33 pts · 163d
He got the jeevacations 💀💀
protist@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 163d
If you just fire someone who can afford an attorney without going through the proper process, you're opening your organization up to a lawsuit
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 163d
At this moment I'd out for administrative leave for all persons involved with Epstein.
It's better than zero consequences.
Beheading would be better, ofc
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 89 pts · 164d
Fucking gross
quoll@lemmy.sdf.org · 82 pts · 163d
really impressed with the constant stream of high profile people that knew this was coming, having seen countless other epstein associates fall... but still just stayed in their public high profile roles.
like.... you could have got out ahead of this... or better yet faded into obscurity, changed your name and move to SE asia... but nope.
guess if you are fucked in the head enough to associate with pedo's you are fucked in the head enough to put up with this 🤷
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 43 pts · 163d
Why would he? The worst thing that has happened to him is that he's getting a paid vacation.
Microw@piefed.zip · 11 pts · 163d
Yet. There are dozens other who resigned (or were forced to resign) their jobs.
reev@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 163d
Oh noooooo, forced to resign, you say!?
Randomgal@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 162d
At the end of their careers with a golden parachute. Brutal.
FreshLight@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 163d
Pretty sure they have social connections they don't want to cut. Like e.g. friends or... you know.. a family.
lobut@lemmy.ca · 77 pts · 163d
These people need to be put underneath the school.
Yes, I sound "barbaric" and we're a society of laws and all that, but it seems we're obviously not. This information was just sat on, fucking disgusting people.
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 42 pts · 163d
The united states has not been a society of laws since at least 2020, and anyone telling you otherwise is either blind, stupid, lying, or some combination of the three
(I count the supreme court overturning settled law and all branches of government abetting treason as the actual final point of breakdown of the rule of law in this country)
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 40 pts · 163d
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 163d
I would still say it was a country of laws, but that is not the same thing as a country of justice.
derry@midwest.social · 7 pts · 163d
Laws for thee to bind Laws for me to be free. -the oligarchs
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 163d
Precisely. Wilhoit's Law
Gathorall@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 163d
Massaschusetts is an at-will state. Was "rich pedophile" added as a protected class at some point or why does does he get a paid vacation for this?
Arcka@midwest.social · 9 pts · 163d
He may have an employment contract in place which gives additional protections. It's much more likely for a Harvard professor than your average worker.
nBodyProblem@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 162d
He certainly has tenure:
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 42 pts · 163d
Those who join the Epstein class relinquish their humanity.
entropiclyclaude@lemmy.wtf · 40 pts · 163d
Harvard punishes child rapists with a paid vacation?
HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 163d
Administrative Leave starts when a formal investigation begins. You're basically calling for Chapter 10 of a book to be over when Chapter 1 barely started.
In other words, your question amounts to:
"An investigation started? Shouldn't it be over before it began?"
No, that's not how investigations work.
MunkyNutts@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 162d
Same old story, but still due their rights and process
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Nowak#Relationship_with_Jeffrey_Epstein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sandusky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Nassar
https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-obgyn-sexually-assaulted-patients-for-20-years
HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 162d
Now, as Devil's Advocate arguing against you and me, Harvard could choose to drop him at the mere hint of an accusation. You don't have a right to a job and not getting fired without proven cause in any state but I want to say Montana? The rest are "Right to Work."
Back on Team "Give them a second for crying out loud," we're talking about Harvard, allegedly one of the best colleges in the world. We can expect them to do right by probably investigating this properly, and we'd hope any employer we'd ever work for would bother to take more than a femtosecond to figure out if there's evidence supporting an accusation against us.
Obviously a lot of countries do have Big R "Rights" as far as labor goes, but the US is not one of them.
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 159d
If he's a tenured professor he has contractual work protections, he cannot be legally fired without cause.
HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 159d
True, forgot all about the tenure system, which I barely understand beyond the memes as it is.
Still, earlier discussion holds; outrage that they didn't fire him yet makes zero sense.
modus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 163d
It was just a little statutory torture. I don't see what the problem is.
Mossheart@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 162d
Statutorture? Sorry, can't help a good wordsmush
modus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 162d
It's a delightful portmanteau.
Mossheart@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 162d
I feel seen and appreciated. Thank you.
Valorie12@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 162d
Delightmanteau, if you will.
modus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 162d
Bruh, you can't portmanteau a portmanteau. That's like dividing by zero.
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 162d
Except for bromance, bruh, that’s a portmanbro
minorkeys@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 163d
Punishing people for things you can't know they did means hurting people to gratify your feelings. Which is exactly what they did to make you feel that way. So...how does that work?
eru@mouse.chitanda.moe · 5 pts · 163d
he hasn't been investigated yet
neuromorph@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 163d
knowledge in all its forms.... gross
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 22 pts · 163d
of courses its harvard, these top university often produces Elitist, or some wierd psychopath. the same university that dint want ASIANs in the school, because there is not enough white people there.
neuromorph@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 163d
epstein entrenched himself with movers and shakers across multiple industries. of course he would look to harvard to collect intellectuals and industry/academic leaders
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 162d
harvard/yale do produce Politicians. famous public figures, that would be his area to recruit people.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 163d
This has nothing to do with the university. This has everything to do with this guy being a piece of shit. Do not lump all professors in with this guy.
morkyporky@suppo.fi · 8 pts · 163d
Harvard produces a higher than average amount of absolute pieces of shit than a normal university I'm guessing.
neuromorph@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 163d
also most supreme court justices....come from Harvard law School
Avicenna@programming.dev · 21 pts · 163d
Well I am sure Harvard benefited from all the money he brought to the department via Epstein. So the only way Harvard can come clean is to donate a similar amount of money to independent charities that fight against child slavery, human trafficking etc.
Btw, here is the full context for the email:
Agent641@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 162d
Why would you torture your own spy?
The plot makes no sense.
Avicenna@programming.dev · 1 pts · 161d
Have you seen the piece of paper Epstein scribbled his ideas on? Lets say he is severly devoid of intelligible ideas.
epicshepich@programming.dev · 18 pts · 163d
From Wiktionary:
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 162d
"in all its forms"
[ vomits violently ]
outerspace@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 164d
Brings some perspective into the meaning of the word "smart", people can be smart and stupid at the same time!
spinne@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 163d
I don't think any of what he did was stupid. He wanted to do evil shit to children, he did evil shit to children. The shout-out was a boast, a dogwhistle to other monsters like him, and a thank you to the person who helped him torture children. To him, he was giggling behind his hand because he was getting away with it. He still hasn't faced any kind of criminal penalty, and it doesn't seem likely he will, if the American prosecutions for this are any indicator.
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 162d
Oh no, I get paid for NOT WORKING.
the horror
the horror
the horror
i have learned my lesson
p.s. in the USA, most employees can be fired at ANY time, for any reason, you don't have to be found guilty, you can even be really good at your job and a great employee. It doesn't matter.
minorkeys@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 163d
I'm a generally forgiving and understanding person but it's hard to argue these people shouldn't simply be shot.
BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 162d
Dumb LIBRULS! Can't even RAPE CHILDREN anymore without you Throwing a Fit!
-Your Republican Family!
neuromorph@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 163d
maybe it was response to a tough Test question on of his models complained about?
checks date... after 2008, when he was a known child prostitute solicitor........ ummm....
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 163d
*child rape slave trafficker
pipe01@programming.dev · 4 pts · 163d
What does he profess?
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 163d
JollyBrancher@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 163d
Guess the current federal admin will somehow now find even more reasons to freeze Harvard's federal funding! Totally legitimate reasons. /s
andybytes@programming.dev · -3 pts · 163d
ideonek@piefed.social · -4 pts · 162d
In a minute we will get post from the community that in right circles at Harvard "everyone known". Accept future victims I guess.
ulterno@programming.dev · -6 pts · 163d
What's the chance that the US govt. is deliberately fabricating mails with anyone who had hinted having talked to Epstein?
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 163d
Read the whole post.
ulterno@programming.dev · 0 pts · 162d
I did.
Since I don't know what else Epstein was up to, it might as well could be some other form of pursuit of knowledge.
And while everyone has their times of foolishness, why would someone want to broadcast having been a part of those acts. Alright, maybe he had a "show off but not get caught" fetish of some kind, but still.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 162d
You give these fucks far too much credit for any concept of morals, modesty, or intelligence.