From: Joscha Bach Sent: Friday, July 7, 2017 1:31 AM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Re: Joi Dear Jeffrey, Here are some reflections. Of course I can only extrapolate over the =hings I get to hear and rationalize over the distribution, and I am not =ctively trying to solicit opinions about you. People reflect in the categories they know, so when they discuss you, =hey will end up putting you in categories that fit into their world =iew. (Which of course is also true for myself, I cannot know my blind =pots, but at least I am aware that I have no idea what it is like to =row up as an upper middle class Jewish boy in NYC.) The first sentence of your Wikipedia entry introduces you as a sex =ffender, which due to contemporary America's fascinating difficulty of =ealing with all things sex related establishes a strong prior on you =eing a pariah. It is also pretty much the only thing that people =utside of your circles know you for. Their null hypothesis will tend to =e that you combine the apparently suspicious trait of being wealthy =ith the apparently horrible trait of being too much interested in too =oung girls. This is a very strange contrast, because there are probably very few =ontemporary individuals that have had the same curiosity for and =nfluence on instigating foundational research across fields as you did. Once people get to know you in person and are interested in you, they =end to either compartementalize the topic (as a somehow difficult to =ccept aspect of an important friend), or treat it as somehow =nterestingly dark and edgy. It seemed to never have been met with =utright approval, and very rarely not been an issue at all, even when =t is balanced against your sharp, original and interesting mind. I have =eard two people call you a savant, and you appear to be somewhat =nscrutable and mysterious, to which the apparent darkness adds. Some =ighly moralistic Jewish intellectuals seem to see you as part of the =lock, but a black s