In his trust, Jeffrey Epstein named scientists he knew as his beneficiaries.
Tag Archives: neuroscience
5 Years of Grift: Epstein and MIT’s One Science
MIT OneScience was an ambitious, yet poorly-defined research project taking shape starting five years prior to Epstein’s federal arrest which ultimately ended before Epstein could arrange a deep-pocketed billionaire to pay for it all.
I followed the money and learned that Jeffrey Epstein + Gates Foundation + Templeton Foundation paid for over a dozen science papers
In academic papers, Jeffrey Epstein was publicly thanked as a source of support (science-speak for funding).
Epstein and Evil Neuroscience
Some of the neuroscience research discussed in the Epstein files is downright nefarious.
What does “Neurons that Fire Together, Wire Together” mean?
Donald Hebb’s influential concept “neurons that fire together, wire together” explains the biological basis of learning and memory.
Understanding the Brain in Gathering, Reporting, and Consumption of News
Whether as a gatherer, reporter, or consumer of news, journalism can lead to vicarious trauma and PTSD.
The Neuroscience of Journalism
The neuroscience of journalism – both from the readers’ and reporters’ perspectives – is woefully understudied.
The Easy-To-Understand ChatGPT Explainer That It Could Never Write Itself
Sheeva Azma explains how ChatGPT works.
Social Media Likes, Neuroscience, and U.S. Democracy
Read Army veteran Matthew Bow’s reflections on democracy and governance in the era of social media.
Drawing the Nervous System
In 1906, two scientists, Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal, won the Nobel Prize for visualizing and drawing nerve cells.
