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PufPuf23

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13. Nat Goldhaber was one of the founders of and a graduate of Maharishi University
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 10:07 PM
Oct 2016

Goldhaber is not an intellectual light weight.

from wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Goldhaber

"A. Nathaniel ("Nat&quot Goldhaber is an American venture capitalist, computer entrepreneur and politician. Goldhaber helped found Maharishi University of Management and was special assistant to lieutenant governor William Scranton III and founder and chief executive of TOPS, a computer networking company. He served as president of the venture capital firm Cole Gilburne Goldhaber & Ariyoshi Management and was the founding CEO of an Internet marketing company that became a public stock offering in 1999. He was the 2000 U.S. Vice President candidate for the Natural Law Party[1] and serves as the managing director of the investment firm Claremont Creek Ventures.[2]"

TOPS was the software/hardware product that allowed pcs and macs and unix to communicate.

"From 1979 to 1982, Goldhaber worked in Pennsylvania politics as special assistant to the lieutenant governor William Scranton III and later as the interim director of the state's energy agency.[1] Goldhaber left government to build a career in high technology and founded his first company, Centram Systems Inc., which developed networking for personal computers.[1] Goldhaber was founder and chief executive of TOPS, a computer networking company which Goldhaber sold to Sun Microsystems in 1987 for $20 million. Goldhaber then served as Vice President of Sun Microsystems.[3] Centram Systems product, called TOPS ("Transcendental Operating System&quot , allowed transparent file sharing among Macs, PCs, and Unix machines, using the AppleTalk protocol.[1]"

Read the links at wiki to see more current endeavors and more bio.

Smart people are associated with MU.

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(Usual suspects, place your attacks in this spot.) JackRiddler Oct 2016 #1
Interesting when what usually happens doesn't happen. JackRiddler Oct 2016 #15
Maybe it is partly because your OP is a dupe. yellowcanine Oct 2016 #16
Irrelevant distraction. JackRiddler Nov 2016 #19
Just pointing out why the "usual suspects" might not be showing up. yellowcanine Nov 2016 #23
I don't. Thanks. JackRiddler Nov 2016 #26
Here ya go... progressoid Nov 2016 #18
Thank you for doing more than name calling. kristopher Nov 2016 #22
Why does the NYT hate science ;-) CentralMass Oct 2016 #2
I'm sure some pseudo-scientific psychology theses will solve that. JackRiddler Oct 2016 #10
Would you like to know what is the most probable reason for the schism? kristopher Nov 2016 #24
Thanks for an interesting read. JackRiddler Nov 2016 #25
Crosspost this in the Skeptics Forum. Wilms Oct 2016 #3
Please do. It's a story worth kicking. JackRiddler Oct 2016 #6
My guess is some GMO supporters rail against big pharma which is also science upaloopa Oct 2016 #4
Wait for the DDT endorsements, they're often not far behind. JackRiddler Oct 2016 #7
"I Used to Work as a Scientist with GMOs... nationalize the fed Oct 2016 #5
I Rec this thread and your post too! Good links! K&R,nt. druidity33 Oct 2016 #8
Thank you. JackRiddler Oct 2016 #9
Every time GMO's are discussed, this asshole Steven Druker is brought in. Archae Oct 2016 #11
Well he has a lot of endorsements nationalize the fed Oct 2016 #12
Nat Goldhaber was one of the founders of and a graduate of Maharishi University PufPuf23 Oct 2016 #13
Avoiding the OP, are we? JackRiddler Oct 2016 #14
Kick And Recommend. kristopher Oct 2016 #17
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The issue for me is not the GMO, it is the business model. JackRiddler Nov 2016 #28
And bump! JackRiddler Nov 2016 #29
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