At this point, I think we may be having problems with radically different priors
Aaronson’s post also states that the incidents occurred online, and for that matter on the MITx platform, which caters to MOOC users, not actual MIT students. Given these factors, I just can’t see how MIT’s Damnatio memoriae towards Walter Lewin could be anything but an outrageous overreaction.
I’m not sure at all the relevance of your comment in the context of what we are quoting. The fact that this was not the regular MIT students has been known for a while. I’m also not sure what that has to do with my comment, since everyone here is in agreement that the removal of the videos was an overreaction. (However, I’m not at all sure how the fact that it was with MOOC users rather than regular students makes any difference whatsoever unless you are talking about a very marginal difference in legal liability.) What is the connection between your comment and the part of my comment that you are quoting?
Aaronson’s post also states that the incidents occurred online, and for that matter on the MITx platform, which caters to MOOC users, not actual MIT students. Given these factors, I just can’t see how MIT’s Damnatio memoriae towards Walter Lewin could be anything but an outrageous overreaction.
I’m not sure at all the relevance of your comment in the context of what we are quoting. The fact that this was not the regular MIT students has been known for a while. I’m also not sure what that has to do with my comment, since everyone here is in agreement that the removal of the videos was an overreaction. (However, I’m not at all sure how the fact that it was with MOOC users rather than regular students makes any difference whatsoever unless you are talking about a very marginal difference in legal liability.) What is the connection between your comment and the part of my comment that you are quoting?