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In January 2023, Bostrom issued an apology for a 1996 email where he had stated that he thought "Blacks are more stupid than whites", and where he also used the word "[[nigger]]s" in a description of how he thought this statement might be perceived by others.<ref name='ladden-hall2023-01-12'>{{Cite news |last=Ladden-Hall |first=Dan |date=2023-01-12 |title=Top Oxford Philosopher Nick Bostrom Admits Writing 'Disgusting' N-Word Mass Email |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/nick-bostrom-oxford-philosopher-admits-writing-racist-n-word-email |access-date=2023-01-12}}</ref> The apology, posted on his website,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last1=Bostrom |first1=Nick |title=Apology for old email |url=https://nickbostrom.com/oldemail.pdf |access-date=17 January 2024 |website=nickbostrom.com}}</ref> stated that "the invocation of a racial slur was repulsive" and that he "completely repudiate[d] this disgusting email". In his apology, he wrote “I think it is deeply unfair that unequal access to education, nutrients and basic healthcare leads to inequality in social outcomes, including sometimes disparities in skills and cognitive capacity.”<ref name='oxford-blue'>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theoxfordblue.co.uk/investigation-launched-into-oxford-dons-racist-email/|title=Investigation Launched into Oxford Don's Racist Email|first=Dylan|last=Bilyard|work=The Oxford Blue|date=15 January 2023}}</ref>
In January 2023, Oxford University told ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', “The University and Faculty of Philosophy is currently investigating the matter but condemns in the strongest terms possible the views this particular academic expressed in his communications.”<ref name='ladden-hall2023-01-12' />
posted in January 2023 was sincere."<ref name=":3" /> == Selected works ==
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