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From: Noam Chomsky Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2018 1:57 PM To: Subject: Re: From the point of view of a jihadi, Klan,=evangelical Christian, my ultra-orthodox grandfather,.... it's the res= of the world that's crazy. I think we can do better than just t= take the fall-back position that craziness is a value judgment, but not s= easy. On consciousness, my suspicion is that we'll=never do much better than Russell's picture: what we understand with h=ghest confidence is our own immediate conscious experience. The rest=of our intellectual efforts (science especially) are an attempt to make se=se of that (and in the course of doing so, instructs us that our experienc= is a construct of our internal modes of cognition acting on an external w=rld that we (naively?) assume to exist. And it also tells us, I thin=, that consciousness is a thin and superficial fringe of an internal menta= life that is inaccessible to introspection. =/div> On Sat, Dec 29,=2018 at 11:39 AM J <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» wrote: cultures swept by craziness, =C24k isnt it the same for an individual. . . the brain sends =ignals based on faulty sensors or information. . to see =f the brain is functioning. there are word tests. memory tests= etc. . why isnt conciousness the property o= those things. like culture is to fads etc. On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 8:09 AM Noam Chomsky > wrote: Cultures unfortunately can be swept by craziness. =Nazism for example. Or the Great Awakening. We're in one o= those phases now. If there's a charge, it's true, in fact T=ue. Any response is "mansplaining," another power play, re=nforcing the charge. You've seen I'm sure what happened to L=wrence. Full and complete response, amounts to zero. Isn't=even considered. It's like trying to discuss rationally with rel=gious fanatics. Noam On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 10:41AM J <[email protected]&g=; wrote: As the stories get wilder and the writers make the gi=Is younger. prostitution is a tabloid s dream , ..C24> I wondered if having something out in the cyber world th=t let some people point to rational arguments might allow some to de=end themselves from their wives . " how could you "=C2. etc. 1I)=A0 I have been exploring the Al world with the cutting edge people.=C2* I remind them of your comments re machines thinkingQ=A0 :)/ I thought that cult=re was the conciousness of a society. tribes were like s=lf. . media approx transmitters. . It =rovided constraints and rules for some underlying interactions. EFTA_R1_01800861 EFTA02608345  =/div> It doesnt exist in a physical sense but either=does conciousness. which it appears to me as an evolutionary a=vantage and provides the brain with rules memories. ( cu=ture again ) . and constraints. . tribes when att=cked , act like a self . . compete like selves. etc. Th= world we call physical . follows rules that we have created, most u=knowingly. I assume language acts like an effective tr=nsmittier. . some language like adrenaline. some=like dopamine. . do some extent the hormones of the cul=ure. ? On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 7:20 AM Noa= Chomsky wrote: It's a powerful and convincing statemen=, but my feeling is that it would not be wise to submit it for publication= Taking the stance of a reader who comes to the matter from afresh, =erhaps having heard some rumors but knowing nothing, the reaction I suspec= will be of the "where there's smoke there's fire" kind.=C2Q Few are willing to think through the arguments and factual details o= to try to adjudicate conflicting claims. I've seen this happen =ver and over on other matters -- many years of having been accused of Holo=aust denial, for example.. Ugly and bitter as it is, I suspect the b=st course now is not to stir the pot by raising the issue publicly, openin= the door to charges and accusations that can no doubt be answered in the =ourt of logic and fairness -- but that's not the public domain, where =nnuendo and suspicion and accusation reign. Anyway, for=what it's worth, that's the way it looks to me, in part on the bas=s of experience. The great work that you have bee= doing speaks for itself. My feeling is that you should keep at it, =nd simply develop a thick skin to fend off whatever ugliness breaks throug= now and then, diminishing over time. Noam <=cliv> On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 a= 8:33 AM J <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» wrote: Im considering submitting this to the ope= of the wash post id like your thoughts Swee=heart deal!" So goes the attack on the resolution of the more than a =ecade ago federal investigation involving our client Jeffrey Epstein.Q=A0 The attack is profoundly misplaced, supported neither by the law nor th= facts. Nor is it supported by the structure of our constitutional republi=. To the contrary, Jeffrey was subjected to an extremely aggressive federa= intrusion into what would typically be considered a quintessentially loca= criminal matter in south Florida. The offense invest=gated — at its core, sexual favors for hire Q=94 has long been treated as a matter entrusted to laws of the several=States, not the federal government. The conduct — =or which Jeffrey took full responsibility — was a c=assic state offense and was treated exactly that way by able, honest prose=utors in Palm Beach County. Nevertheless, without a requestQ=A0from the state prosecutors, the federal government intervened. For=their own opportunistic reasons, many are now criticizing the federal deci=ion- makers at the time, including now-Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta (then=United States Attorney in south Florida), for not going far enough.=u> 2 EFTA_R1_01800862 EFTA02608346  The critics are wrong on =he facts and the law. They also ignore a fact going to the heart of fundam=ntal fairness: In the decade since paying his debt to society, =effrey Epstein has led a life characterized by responsible citizenship, nu=erous acts of generosity and good deeds. Here are the true key facts: Jeffrey Eps=ein, a successful self-made businessman with no prior criminal history wha=soever, engaged in illegal conduct that amounted to solicitation of p=ostitution. That conduct was wrong and a violation of Flor=da state law. Although no coercion, violence, alcohol, drugs or the =ike were involved, some of the women he paid were under the age of 18= Those facts were carefully assessed by experienced state sex c=ime prosecutors who aggressively enforce state criminal laws. No one=turned a blind eye to potential offenses to the public order. To the=contrary, the Palm Beach State Attorney's Office conducted an extensiv= fifteen- month investigation, led by the chief of the Sex Crimes Division.=C24, Mr. Epstein was then indicted by the state grand jury on a single fe=ony count of solicitation of prostitution. class="MsoNormal"> <=span> =span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:lrem">During that int=nse investigation, the state prosecutors extensively gathered and analyzed=C24>the evidence, met face-to-face with many of the asserted victims, con=idered their credibility — or lack thereof — and considere= the extent of exculpatory evidence, including sworn testimony=C24kfrom many that they lied about being eighteen years old to be allowed=into Mr. Epstein's home. After months of negotiations, the s=ate prosecutors believed they had reached a reasoned resolution of the mat=er that vindicated the public interest — a resolution entirely con=istent with that of cases involving other similarly-situated defendants..C24, The system worked as it should have. <= class="MsoNormal"> </=pan> Then, in came the feds. The United Sta=es Attorney's Office extensively and aggressively investigated whether=Mr. Epstein had engaged in a commercial human trafficking ring, targeted m=nors, or used the internet or traveled interstate in the process.0=A0 But that's not what this was and that's not w=at happened. That is precisely why the federal authorities.=8O. ultimate decision to defer prosecution to the state was th= right one. =owever, the federally-demanded resolution was not without conditions. The =ederal prosecutors insisted on various unorthodox requirements that M=. Epstein's experienced defense team had never seen imposed on any=defendant anywhere. Under the federally-forced deal, Jeffrey was requ=red to request that the state prosecutors demand the imposition of a thirt=-month sentence that included both jail time and the strict=st conditions of probation: lifetime sex-offender registration. Those drac=nian measures were far more than warranted by the state grand jury*=8040s indictment and would not have otherwise been required under th= previously agreed- upon state disposition. As part of this highly unu=ual deal, the government required Jeffrey to pay for a highly ex=erienced group of attorneys to bring claims against him on behalf of = government list of asserted victims. Jeffrey was required to waive the ri=ht to challenge those claims without being provided the asserted victimQ=804>s identities by the government until after he was incarcerated. =Importantly, the feds' decision to decline prosecution in deference to=the state in exchange for these extraordinary requirements =as reviewed and approved at the multiple levels of the U.S. Department of =ustice. Jeffrey took full responsibility, complied with th= feds' demands, served his sentence, and in the process was treate= exactly the same (including his time served) as any other state=incarcerated individuals. His conduct while in custody was exemplary= and so characterized by the state custodial authorities. =/u> 3 EFTA_R1_01800863 EFTA02608347  =effrey Epstein has paid his debt to society. The challenges to his Ag=eement with the Government must also be understood as challenges to t=e millions Mr. Epstein paid to the asserted victims and their lawyers purs=ant to that agreement. Amongst the beneficiaries of the Epstein-Feder=l Government Agreement were the many victims who collectively received man= millions as a result of the conditions imposed on Mr. Epstein that preven=ed him from meaningfully contesting civil liability — moneys that rould be at issue if requests to invalidate the agreement were granted. Our nation faces vitally important challenges, many involving the t=eatment of women and basic human dignity. Voices are rightly being r=ised speaking truth to power, especially about women in the workplace.4>=A0 But Jeffrey's offenses of yesteryear, which were entirely outsi=e of the workplace, have long since been redressed by the criminal justice=system. He fully and faithfully has performed every promise and obligation required of him by state and federal authorities...A0 In the spirit of the bedrock American belief in second chances and fund=mental fairness, that chapter in Jeffrey's otherwise-productive a=d charitable life should be allowed to close once and for all. <=span> <=div> —4>=A0 =C24> please note 4>=A0 please note The information contained in this communicati=n is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute=inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. =t is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of =his communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may=be unlawful. 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