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Jan 12, 2023 · One of the world’s most celebrated philosophers has apologized for writing a racist email in which he used an appalling racial slur and said he believed it was “true” that “Blacks are more...
Jan 12, 2023 · Nick Bostrom, an influential philosopher at the University of Oxford who has been called the “father” of the longtermism movement, has apologized for a racist email he sent in the mid-90s. In...
Jan 12, 2023 · January 12, 2023 · 3 min read. Stephen McCarthySportsfile via Getty Images. One of the world’s most celebrated philosophers has apologized for writing a racist email in which he used an appalling...
Apr 28, 2024 · Fifteen months ago Bostrom was forced to issue an apology for comments he’d made in a group email back in 1996, when he was a 23-year-old postgraduate student at the London School of Economics....
Jan 18, 2023 · Professor Nick Bostrom was approached for comment but did not respond. In his apology published on his website, he said: “I completely repudiate this disgusting email from 26 years ago. It...
Jan 13, 2023 · 1 year ago. Influential Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom, well-known for his work on philosophical questions related to ethics, the future, and technology (existential risk, artificial intelligence, simulation), posted an apology for a blatantly racist email he sent to a listserv 26 years ago.
Nick Bostrom, an influential philosopher at the University of Oxford who has been called the “father” of the longtermism movement, has apologized for a racist email he sent in the mid-90s. In the email, Bostrom said that “Blacks are more stupid than whites,” adding, “I like that sentence and think it is true,” and used a racial slur.
