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The main point here is that the lab escape hypothesis has been hitherto dismissed out of hand when it ought not to be. I agree that the natural zoonotic contam
by himinlomax 6y ago
The main point here is that the lab escape hypothesis has been hitherto dismissed out of hand when it ought not to be.
I agree that the natural zoonotic contamination hypothesis is more plausible to begin with, but since it has not been confirmed (as in: no natural reservoir has been identified), the less plausible but nonetheless not implausible lab escape hypothesis should still be on the table.
- kasey_junk 6y agoThe President of the United States is on record as saying it came from a lab. I’m not sure how that translates to “dismissed out of hand”.
- germinalphrase 6y agoThe President says a lot of things...
- api 6y agoI treat Trump's grunts like the output of a Markov chain random text generator and don't consider them official signifiers either for or against anything. He blathers and lies and then contradicts himself with different lies an hour later. He's a classic bullshitter.
- ahepp 6y agoDismissed by the intelligentsia, like everything he says. Usually they are right to do so, but occasionally I think there is a touch of "orange man bad" syndrome.