You are ignoring my point. No one is doubting that Minsky associated with Epstein. That is all that is necessary for her to know his name and be able to accuse him, and her knowing his name is not dramatic evidence of truth. What would be valid evidence of truth would be something like a third party (like, say, Greg Benford) confirming it.

> Minsky was purely an academic - as far as I know he never published pop books and only spoke at academic conferences. he's much much further down the list.

This is not even accurate. Minsky was the oracle of AI, the head of the MIT AI Lab. He influenced AI from the 1950s to the 1990s. Any pop article about AI might quote or interview Minsky. And what is 'Society of Mind' but a popularization, widely read?

> Furthermore this was admitted into the record as sworn testimony, lying being punishable by perjury laws.

Oh, well, that settles it. I'm glad we had this discussion about critical thinking.

Incidentally, for all your huffing about witch hunts and perjury law, I would point out that she could easily be telling the truth. The deposition only claims that she was told to have sex with Minsky, and not, as far as any media coverage I've seen goes, that she actually did, and Greg Benford states he was there and that Minsky turned her down: https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/339725/