[ExI] Does the Star Trek transporter kill people?

[Adrian Tymes]

No, it's legit.  "Despite" the obstacles that John's friend encountered, he
got his degree.

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 4:34 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> When you say "despite this", do you perhaps mean "because of this"?  This
> is not what despite means.   bill w
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 5:03 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> On 19/11/2021 15:57, John Grigg wrote:
>>
>> I have a close friend who felt royally screwed over by Krauss while in
>> his physics doctoral program. Upon learning that his wife and the mother of
>> his children was cheating on him and leaving, he could no longer
>> concentrate on his studies, and so requested time off so he could grieve
>> and get his head on straight. Krauss said no, absolutely not, and that
>> basically bad things happen in life and you cannot let them affect your
>> work. I was floored that my buddy was treated this way. Is this common
>> treatment/policy from public universities?
>>
>> Despite this, my friend at least had his masters in physics, and got to
>> work on an upgrade project for the MRI body scanner, which I thought was
>> very cool.
>>
>> When you say "despite this", do you perhaps mean "because of this"?
>>
>> Obviously Krauss realised that 'he could no longer concentrate on his
>> studies' was incorrect, at least.
>>
>> Ben
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