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Sure, but you wouldn't have any new viruses if you weren't a bioweapons lab. I guess I shouldn't bother trying to argue using basic logic with someone peddling

by jmull 7y ago

Sure, but you wouldn't have any new viruses if you weren't a bioweapons lab. I guess I shouldn't bother trying to argue using basic logic with someone peddling conspiracy theories on the internet.

seamyb88 7y ago
At least coronavirus exists in these conspiracy theories. I'd cry if it was the media (and scientists and doctors) lying because the Rothschild's shorted the global markets. At least this way they're still washing their hands.
ekianjo 7y ago
> I guess I shouldn't bother trying to argue using basic logic with someone peddling conspiracy theories on the internet. Pardon me? Where do you see me doing that?
- jmull 7y ago
  In the comment I replied to where you suggested a disease center could release a new bioweapon. A disease center would study known diseases. A disease center could only release a new bioweapon if it was secretly a bioweapons lab — there’s your conspiracy theory. Which you’re putting forward on the internet.
  - filleduchaos 7y ago
    > A disease center would study known diseases. Disease centers often study known _pathogens_ in lab conditions/through methods that absolutely can lead to said pathogens mutating into a previously unknown strain. You're overly focusing on _bioweapon_ as though all pathogens that developed via human influence were due to maliciousness.
    - jmull 7y ago
      > You're overly focusing on _bioweapon_ The poster I’m responding to was specifically talking about bioweapons, so I’m not “overly focusing”, just coherently following the topic.
      - filleduchaos 7y ago
        No, actually, the comment you responded to specifically said "You don't need it to be a bioweapons lab to have a virus accidentally leak out." It's just you (and one other poster I think?) that read "it's possible this virus has an [accidental] artificial origin" and jumped straight to "these people are accusing China of making bioweapons".

by jmull 7y ago

Sure, but you wouldn't have any new viruses if you weren't a bioweapons lab. I guess I shouldn't bother trying to argue using basic logic with someone peddling conspiracy theories on the internet.

seamyb88 7y ago

At least coronavirus exists in these conspiracy theories. I'd cry if it was the media (and scientists and doctors) lying because the Rothschild's shorted the global markets. At least this way they're still washing their hands.

ekianjo 7y ago

> I guess I shouldn't bother trying to argue using basic logic with someone peddling conspiracy theories on the internet. Pardon me? Where do you see me doing that?

jmull 7y ago
In the comment I replied to where you suggested a disease center could release a new bioweapon. A disease center would study known diseases. A disease center could only release a new bioweapon if it was secretly a bioweapons lab — there’s your conspiracy theory. Which you’re putting forward on the internet.
- filleduchaos 7y ago
  > A disease center would study known diseases. Disease centers often study known _pathogens_ in lab conditions/through methods that absolutely can lead to said pathogens mutating into a previously unknown strain. You're overly focusing on _bioweapon_ as though all pathogens that developed via human influence were due to maliciousness.
  - jmull 7y ago
    > You're overly focusing on _bioweapon_ The poster I’m responding to was specifically talking about bioweapons, so I’m not “overly focusing”, just coherently following the topic.
    - filleduchaos 7y ago
      No, actually, the comment you responded to specifically said "You don't need it to be a bioweapons lab to have a virus accidentally leak out." It's just you (and one other poster I think?) that read "it's possible this virus has an [accidental] artificial origin" and jumped straight to "these people are accusing China of making bioweapons".