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PJMcK

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4. Lawrence Krauss?!
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 02:56 PM
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His YouTube physics lectures are brilliant! He explains complex science in understandable language. His books are informative and explanatory, again written in plain language for scientific neophytes.

What a disappointment to discover that he's got a history of alleged sexual misconduct.

ASU found that the preponderance of evidence suggested that Krauss had violated the university's policy against sexual harassment by grabbing a woman's breast without her permission. As a result, Krauss was not renewed as director of the Origins Project and the university moved its staff to a project run by planetary scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton, formally ending the Origins project.

More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Krauss#Relationship_with_Jeffrey_Epstein

I've wondered if he was sketchy because some of his comments in his lectures are suggestive. For example, he commented that we "usually think gravity sucks but under some circumstances it blows." (Paraphrase)

Far too many of my heroes have turned out to have feet of clay.

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