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> For example, some scientists found that covid-19 shared some non-trivial segment of RNA with the HIV virus. This is "zombie information" and a perfect exampl
by knzhou 6y ago
> For example, some scientists found that covid-19 shared some non-trivial segment of RNA with the HIV virus.
This is "zombie information" and a perfect example of the kind of nonsense that should be stopped. The single paper this came from was thoroughly debunked by a hundred real scientists the day it was posted. (It used statistical criteria so loose that it could have said any virus was related to HIV.) The paper had never passed peer review, and was retracted by the authors from the preprint server it was posted on the next day.
You are part of the problem.
- cryptica 6y agoFrench Nobel prize winning scientist Luc Montagnier who discovered HIV also made similar claims. https://www.gulftoday.ae/lifestyle/2020/04/19/french-nobel-prize-winning-scientist-luc-montagnier-claims-covid-19-virus-originated-in-lab https://www.gulftoday.ae/lifestyle/2020/04/19/french-nobel-p... Sounds like you didn't hear about that. If the discoverer of HIV tells you that covid-19 contains segments of HIV RNA and says that he believes that it is man-made, it absolutely deserves more scrutiny even if it turns out not to be true. The media should embrace uncertainty instead of pretending to know all the answers. This is the problem with US media, there is no truth; only one extreme lie or its opposite which is also a lie. French and British media cover all possibilities and leave room doubt - This is healthy. This close mindedness is exactly what I'm talking about and why we need some fake news in our lives.