Ted-talking University of California professor asks sex trafficker for $3,000,000 because he thinks there’s a “50% chance” he’ll make “important discoveries” in telepathy

This is quite possibly the stupidest thing in the Epstein files. Lord knows there’s lots of competition from the likes of Soon-Yi “Woody” Allen, Larry “Lawrence” Summers, Nathan “Clippy” Myhrvold, and Columbia’s own Richard “Axel” Foley, but I think this one takes the cake. In honor of another Epstein associate (see here), I’ll frame it as a “Linda problem”: Vilayanur is 74 years old, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in neuroscience. As an adult, he was deeply concerned with issues of motor control in stroke victims. Which is more probable? 1. Vilayanur is a psychology professor who believes in extra sensory perception (ESP) 2. Vilayanur is a psychology professor who believes in ESP and tried to get 3 million bucks from a sex trafficker to fund his lab. Here’s the story and here’s the evidence: OK, a dog-bites-man story: over-the-hill professor on the Ted talk cycle seeks return to former glory through the funds of a shady operator. The interesting part to me is when…