Personal email from evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers mentioning grievances with Harvard committee, Trump, and alleged financial losses

From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Robert Trivers 6/25/2018 2:19:44 AM jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Re: EPSTEIN.docx Importance: High perhaps i misunderstood "let's concentrate on you" Jamaica is bad enough but i have mastered that—at least the danger-4th highest murder rate in the world as for the us i have alienated large stretches of it—i will spare you the details i was amused that you are now friends with JD Watson he single-handedly prevented me from getting a Junior Fellowship at Harvard In 1972 I got my PhD in Biology and it was conventional to nominate the very best post-docs for a Junior Fellowship, Harvard's most prestigious award—it provided three years of research support without any duties. I was the best student out of Evolutionary and Organismic Biology in more than 20 years. The entire department was behind me. but Watson was on the 3-man committee, in charge of all the science candidates and he deemed my two papers, reciprocal altruism and parental investment and sexual selection as "not being science" and dismissed me in one sentence. Well bless his soul, he now does not even understand his own subject—yes, i speak of genetics— because having remained resolutely ignorant of evolutionary logic and biology he can neither understand the shape and form of the genotype nor how it differs systematically within life i have been preparing something for you for a long time on human intelligence, Africa, parasites etc because i prefer to get things right but i am ready to send you what i have main focus is—Africans stupid or smart? bob HOUSE OVERSIGHT 025140On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 4:23 PM, Robert Trivers <__________________> wrote: Many thanks. By all means let's concentrate on me and not Trump. If Enhanced Learning can make its annual gift of 30 that would have a huge positive effect on me and my future. Let the market take care of itself All best Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2018, at 2:02 PM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: trump ok, lets concentrate on you. trade war maybe good. shakes things up On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 8:11 PM, Robert Trivers <> wrote: Jeffrey finally landed very unpleasant journey you had nothing to do with how Chapman acted and i apologise for suggesting it might be otherwise it was entirely against me, partly motivated by a spiteful ex-friend consulted two lawyers that Gordon recommended but they were very discouraging the basic problem is simple—i am going against a strong national trend—well-known man after well-known man is being brought low for alleged his misbehaviour toward women—in some case well-deserved prison time (Cosby and perhaps Weinstein) in many other cases, simply being run out of institutions—exactly my fate furthermore in he say/she say confrontations the evidence has shifted—in University settings at least—from 'beyond a reasonable doubt' to a 'preponderance of evidence' to 'more positive than negative' the loss is huge, on the order of a half million to a million dollars, meant to keep me alive (they were going to offer a five-year contract) while i let my 'inheritance' be spent on children and grandchildren while also growing i have no choice but to work i will get my revised Wild Life to an agent later this week—have added 5 new chapters and a few sections—much stronger for the inclusion of my major scientific work-1. social theory based on natural selection and 2. selfish genetic elements selected within organisms then i have Honour Killings set to roll, as well as another one hope you are thriving—and also hope Trump will stop this international trade nonsense—a lose/lose war—especially as it affects the stock market or so it seems to me best wishes bob HOUSE OVERSIGHT 025141please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved HOUSE OVERSIGHT 025142