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That's a kind of dangerous line of thinking. It's impossible to prove that it was not grown in a lab, which is why the burden is to show that it _was_ grown in
by aqme28 6y ago
That's a kind of dangerous line of thinking.
It's impossible to prove that it was not grown in a lab, which is why the burden is to show that it _was_ grown in a lab. Until we have that, we shouldn't be sharing stories about how it _might_ have been grown in a lab.
- ionwake 6y agoYou’re completely wrong. It is possible. You just need to find evidence of genome manipulation. Too many shills I’m editing my comment
- Jaepa 6y agohttps://xkcd.com/285/ https://xkcd.com/285/
- aqme28 6y agoYou have it backwards. That would prove that it was made in a lab. How do you prove that it wasn't made in a lab?
- ionwake 6y agoIm not sure if I am talking to a teenager or GPT3, but no, I don't have anything backwards. Long sequences of the same genes are used as markers are not found in nature.
- Jaepa 6y agoOhhh ad hominem attacks and implying that people who disagree with you are bots. So what you said literally does not make sense. I think you are saying that there are long subsections of genetic sequences that are used as markers? But as you have not actually cited anything we only have a one sentence explanation of your understand of something. Long is ambiguous, as is not found in nature. Hell even markers can be vague.
- aqme28 6y agoLong sequences of genes not found in nature would be evidence that it is a lab-grown virus, but how could you prove that it is NOT a lab-grown virus? The absence of those genes doesn't prove that it wasn't made by a very clever lab.
- ionwake 6y agoI understand your point but don’t see how it relates to the example we were discussing which has a paper discussing its markers.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoI don't think it's "dangerous" to acknowledge that it is possible the Coronavirus was grown in a lab. It is extremely unlikely that the virus was grown in a lab, because it's unlikely anyone has the technology to create a virus quite like this one.
- chc 6y agoThe last decade has given us some pretty good illustrations of how it can be dangerous to give credence to baseless conspiracy theories.
- mistermann 6y agoLogically and epistemically sound thinking is what the world needs more of, not less. I presume you're not a big fan of conspiracy theories - well, a big part of where they come from is the media doing something similar to what you're complaining about, stating what might be true, as unequivocally true. It would also be interesting to know how much of the polarization in society can be attributed to the fantasy world the media projects into people's minds using these techniques.
- beervirus 6y agoI’ll share whatever stories I please.
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