Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Doubly so when there is motivated reasoning behind the argument. If a pharma company came out with a paper

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Doubly so when there is motivated reasoning behind the argument. If a pharma company came out with a paper saying “we’re almost done developing a cure for cancer!”, people would be rightly skeptical. Lethal manmade viruses are less ridiculous than that, but I’d still classify them as very surprising. Motivated reasoning for those with political ends should be unsurprising when it comes to discussing whether covid is manmade. Checking background/credentials is due diligence to ensure you aren’t being duped. I wish the world exclusive operated on good faith argumentation. Unfortunately, it doesn’t.