UCLA Prof Earns Doctorate in Self-Defense
Things can get nasty in the highly competitive world of theoretical academics. But rarely do they escalate to the level of identity theft, defamation and criminal investigation as outlined in Tom Tugend’s highly entertaining investigation in the Jewish Journal.
Under the Steven Soderbergh-like headline “Slander, Lies and the Dead Sea Scrolls”, the reporter details a three-year battle waged between UCLA adjunct professor Robert Cargill (pictured) and an unknown cyber-assailant hellbent on taking down his VR theories about the origins of the sacred Jewish document.
It would be tempting to give away the recent November 18th resolution to this high-IQ throwdown.
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