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crazygringo
Why would there be? I feel like I'm missing the context behind your question.
rany_
He is a nuclear scientist so he might have been working for some country's nuclear program?
firefax
>He is a nuclear scientist so he might have been working for some country's nuclear program?

Or "some country" tried to recruit him and killed him when he said no to maintain the (nonofficial) cover.

reactordev
Ya’ll read too many conspiracy theories. What makes you think other countries were interested in recruiting him, specifically? I want to see the logic behind this assumption.
firefax
>Ya’ll read too many conspiracy theories. What makes you think other countries were interested in recruiting him, specifically? I want to see the logic behind this assumption.

You don't understand why a country without nuclear weapons would try to get a scientist to help them make them?

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tshaddox
"Conspiracy theory" might be a loaded term, but it's a person with a fairly notable job position (nuclear science at MIT) shot multiple times in his home with apparently no persons of interest yet. Of course it could be something unrelated to his position, like a random burglary or a dispute with someone close to the victim.
dylan604
If someone said the individual had a serious gambling problem and failed to payback his bookie, it would not be any less credible at this time. It also doesn't make it any more legitimate. Speculation is nothing more than that. Unfortunately, very few care to admit speculation and if it is something in the realm of plausibility, there will be many that accept it as true. People are suggesting Comet 3I/atlas could be under powered control, and convinced it is true with no real evidence.
FloorEgg OP
World leading nuclear physicist in emerging abundant energy technology murdered in their home. I don't know. Sounds like part of a James Bond plot or something. The question was only 10% serious, but wow, has it sparked a lot of responses.
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thelastgallon
> His research addressed "complex problems lurking at the center of fusion vacuum chambers and at the edges of the universe", according to the university's obituary.

>He also studied how to harness clean "fusion power" to combat climate change, CBS said.

Clean energy is pretty controversial in US. Most people are against it.

barbazoo
> In an open-ended question, 69% of respondents identified the primary advantage of clean energy as some form of environmental protection, like mitigating climate change or improving air and water quality. Only 13% offered lower energy costs as a central benefit, and 22% said clean energy offers no clear advantage.

https://www.thirdway.org/memo/poll-shows-americans-want-affo...

jelder
“Most people” is not even remotely accurate.
dylan604
> Clean energy is pretty controversial in US. Most people are against it.

It'll be the same cabal that killed the inventor of the engine mod that allowed for 99mpg.

dralley
I would more easily believe that this is some fuckery with Iran.
bilbo0s
And to be frank, both are pretty far fetched. His thing was plasma and fusion.

If people want a conspiracy theory, tell them to go with alien civilizations wanted to prevent humans from achieving fusion.

1970-01-01
Yes. It was aliens trying to keep us from inventing warp tech until we are mature enough to stop creating conspiracy theories the minute something like this happens.
ricksunny
If it was the aliens then they are about to learn what the Streisand effect is.
observationist
The going story over at X right now is basically that a far-leftist stereotypically shaped reddit mod is killing conservatives and jews, with at least two prominent names being floated without evidence. I'd hold back any judgment until evidence hits the feeds.

I'd assume bsky is blaming Trump death squads being sent after scientists, exclusive reporting on MSNOW at 11.

The only thing that seems true right now, if it's related to the Brown murders, is that the suspect shown on crappy security footage is overweight and walks like they're out of shape.

These murders are being reported, but feel a bit strategically different than murders from even a few months ago, maybe there's a turn for the better. It seems like the whole social media frenzy and fallout is being taken seriously, and they're letting professionals do the investigating instead of conscripting the public and seizing the news cycles.

lowdownbutter
"Don't ask questions, just consume submission and then get excited for next submission"
ekjhgkejhgk
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419454
simple10
The article might be too hasty to report that he's Jewish, especially implying that was the motive by including it in the article title. Lots of chatter X/Twitter about it.

Kinda crazy (scary?) how fast tragic events like this get instantly politicized on social.

627467
Given his background somehow doubt he is jewish, could be pro-israel. But all this could well be totally unrelated to the event itself.

Isnt it more likely that's due to him living in the US or the Terminator hypothesis?

simple10
It's possibly related to mistaken identity. There's apparently some guy with a similar name that has some tie to Israel. Articles and social just seem to be running with it without any fact checking.
dzink
“Renowned for his pioneering research on plasma dynamics - the component of blood that carries platelets and cells throughout the body - Loureiro also focused on harnessing clean fusion energy to combat climate change. He was appointed director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center in May”
gs17
The Hebrew version doesn't seem to have that error, I wonder what they used to translate it, it feels like a rare hallucination for recent LLMs.
danparsonson
I can believe that our dystopian future will be powered by dark fusion reactors that only achieve containment through human sacrifice
typeofhuman
Story as old as time. For the crops!
dvh
Holy shit, they really wrote it there
m4ck_
I wonder if that's some particularly sloppy AI writing or if he really was working in biology (apparently he pioneered research on blood plasma) while also working on fusion energy. Bro was either a 10x professor or AI is just doing AI things I guess. Either way RIP.
eichin
it's slop. (If you look at the ORCID link posted elsethread there's literally nothing biology related in his 70 publications in the last two decades - and it seems unlikely one would become director of the PSFC with that sort of distraction...)
rany_
I can't spot anything conspiratorial in that article, though?
QuercusMax
There are already other articles claiming he was shot because he's Jewish and has supported Israel. Seems like the cops haven't arrested anybody yet, so we don't really know anything.

He was working on fusion technology, so you could just as well speculate it was fossil fuel interests involved, but that also seems purely speculative.

rany_
First thing that came to mind is that he might have been secretly working for Israel's nuclear program but this is all very speculative. It does feel plausible though given that Israel has already assassinated plenty of Iranian nuclear scientists; so there is some precedent for it.
BurningFrog
It does sound like something Iran might to in retaliation.
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garbagecoder
You're right, it's only fair that we let Iranian assassins kill people in the US.
lawlessone
>He was working on fusion technology

BigFission

We'll probably find out it was mugging.

QuercusMax
Or something intensely personal completely unrelated to politics. Could be a disgruntled student, lover, business partner, etc.

Horses, not zebras.

andrepd
Please don't link to such a rag. There's absolutely nothing of substance in this article and even several glaring factual mistakes.
ekjhgkejhgk
And you're saying that based on what? You should hide your antisemitism better.

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