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Epstein apparently fancied himself an intellectual and cultivated contacts in the sciences for their own sake—he was also a major donor to the Santa Fe Institute and seems to have made a favorable impression there.
I think we underestimate the ability of predators like Epstein to appear as something other than they are when it suits them.
I mean it isn't even that.
People are not one dimensional.
You can definitely have a trafficking ring and also be other things at the same time.