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...destroy the world? Richard A. Posner does not impute nefarious motives to researchers conducting high-energy particle collision experiments. But in his latest book, Catastrophe, Posner does suggest that one of these experiments could trigger a “strangelet scenario”—a chain reaction that will condense the entire Earth into a tiny ball just 100 meters in diameter...
...missteps reflect a consistent lack of judgment in his dealings with Harvard faculty and the wider world. The faculty’s vehement reaction to Summers at Tuesday’s meeting was not a consequence of any single error in his judgment, but rather to a chain of mistakes extending throughout his time at Harvard...
...This chain began in January of 2002, when former Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 chose to leave Harvard, citing an October 2001 meeting with Summers that West characterized in an interview with the New York Times as “authoriz[ing] vicious attacks on my integrity and my work based on my politics.” Though Summers later said that he regretted any misunderstandings, the damage was done. By providing an example of where a disagreement with Summers could lead, Summers’ interaction with West in many ways laid the groundwork...
...there was trouble a-brewing in this Penelope’s paradise. On his way to the Widener stacks, the beau-in-question sheepishly revealed that his own gift wasn’t exactly the epitome of reciprocity: a sterling silver key chain. “But it’s a nice one, it’s from Tiffany’s!” he protested. How ho-hum. Bling or not, this boy’s babe got served...
Richard A. Posner does not impute nefarious motives to researchers conducting high-energy particle collision experiments. But in his latest book, Catastrophe, Posner does suggest that one of these experiments could trigger a “strangelet scenario”—a chain reaction that will condense the entire Earth into a tiny ball just 100 meters in diameter...