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So he basically said "I know I fucked up and no one wants me here but it's my job so let's focus on the material". Didn't look "extremely awkward" to me. I mean, fuck this guy but what do people expect him to do? Kill himself?
Lets not forget the part where he asks advice from Epstein on how to romantically approach one of his mentees.
I don't think he feels any remorse, he is just trying to strategically minimise his losses by giving the appropriate soulless responses. Anyone with a drop of conscience and respect for their students would have permanently resigned from teaching.
I don't know what he feels or thinks. I'm just commenting on the click bait title. What I would be interested in is why he's still allowed to teach at all. Then again, maybe titles like that help direct attention to it and will get us some answers from Harvard?
I mean it is awkward that he seems to be apologizing for a very serious allegation but his apology sounds not too different from "sorry I was 15 minutes lates to class. welp lets continue". I agree this should have been resolved on the university level but this guy likely brings shit tons of money to the department through his connections and we have all seen with Trump adminstration how board of directors behave when threatened with funding cuts.