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Hey you can literally look up my name in the post I linked and find all the evidence in the world that I am who I say I am. https://www.reddit.com/r/science/co

Hey you can literally look up my name in the post I linked and find all the evidence in the world that I am who I say I am. https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/gk6y95/covid19_did_not_come_from_the_wuhan_institute_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/gk6y95/covid19_did... James Duehr, PhD Here's my google scholar page: https://scholar.google.com.co/citations?user=8wCwbNUAAAAJ&hl=en https://scholar.google.com.co/citations?user=8wCwbNUAAAAJ&hl... Here's my PhD thesis: https://search.proquest.com/openview/8e7e18ee1e41133ae74a719778b837d1/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y https://search.proquest.com/openview/8e7e18ee1e41133ae74a719... Sorry I'm a green account but I forgot the password to the HN account I made like 10 years ago. I mostly lurk so I haven't logged in in a looong time. Since before password managers became convenient or commonplace. Like 3 email addresses ago. I also wrote a pre-formed response to the criticism that I shouldn't be trusted in my original post, you can find it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/gk6y95/covid19_did_not_come_from_the_wuhan_institute_of/fqpa9kn/ https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/gk6y95/covid19_did... and the associated in-depth footnote (For the really hardcore sticklers among you) here (#10): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vRbACWf90iBC35xNOwlI5bWcUq0nNzLc/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vRbACWf90iBC35xNOwlI5bWcUq0...

oh_sigh 6y ago
I'm too ignorant of this field to form any opinion on it, but I'm curious how much you would wager with even odds that COVID-19 didn't originate from a virology lab? Not with me, because as I said I'm too ignorant of this field to form any opinion on it, but with some of the people who are pushing back against your posts.
- jeduehr 6y ago
  I don't really have a lot of money (I'm 300k in debt from medical school and PhD school and undergrad combined) but sure... if Yuri Deigin or Alina Chan wagered with me, I would probably bet like.... idk $2,000 that it was a natural zoonotic event? Like I said I don't have a lot of money in my bank account. That would be about how much I spend out of my student loans for rent, food, utilities, bills, etc. in a given month. The problem with a wager like that is that we will probably /never/ be truly 100% sure either way. The thing I would push on, though, is that we would need to set forward exactly the criteria we would use to reassess our positions or give up the bet. I set out exactly what that criteria is for me in this last section of my original writeup: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/gk6y95/covid19_did_not_come_from_the_wuhan_institute_of/fqpci3n/ https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/gk6y95/covid19_did...
natch 6y ago
That’s not how a standard of proof works. I’m more interested in knowing how you benefit by coming to China’s defense here. I’ll read your arguments. I mean, I did read the first one and it was a staggeringly ill-conceived straw man.
- jeduehr 6y ago
  Hi I'm not "coming to China's defense" here. I am no fan of the Chinese government I literally find them horrifically oppressive and a place I would /never/ want to live. I am no fan of China. I also anticipated this exact criticism and wrote a whole response to it. See here (#4): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vRbACWf90iBC35xNOwlI5bWcUq0nNzLc/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vRbACWf90iBC35xNOwlI5bWcUq0...
  - natch 6y ago
    Yes green account, whatever you say.
    - jeduehr 6y ago
      Hey, Let me know what proof you would want to show I am who I say I am. Thanks
      - natch 6y ago
        Ad homenim doesn’t really fly for me, even in a positive sense. But thanks.
    - dang 6y ago
      You have repeatedly been an asshole in this thread. That's seriously not cool, regardless of how wrong other commenters are or you feel they are. Attacking users for being new is particularly bad. Do we want HN to be a smug, insular community or welcoming to newcomers? Obviously the latter. Please don't poison it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

oh_sigh 6y ago

I'm too ignorant of this field to form any opinion on it, but I'm curious how much you would wager with even odds that COVID-19 didn't originate from a virology lab? Not with me, because as I said I'm too ignorant of this field to form any opinion on it, but with some of the people who are pushing back against your posts.

jeduehr 6y ago
I don't really have a lot of money (I'm 300k in debt from medical school and PhD school and undergrad combined) but sure... if Yuri Deigin or Alina Chan wagered with me, I would probably bet like.... idk $2,000 that it was a natural zoonotic event? Like I said I don't have a lot of money in my bank account. That would be about how much I spend out of my student loans for rent, food, utilities, bills, etc. in a given month. The problem with a wager like that is that we will probably /never/ be truly 100% sure either way. The thing I would push on, though, is that we would need to set forward exactly the criteria we would use to reassess our positions or give up the bet. I set out exactly what that criteria is for me in this last section of my original writeup: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/gk6y95/covid19_did_not_come_from_the_wuhan_institute_of/fqpci3n/ https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/gk6y95/covid19_did...

natch 6y ago

That’s not how a standard of proof works. I’m more interested in knowing how you benefit by coming to China’s defense here. I’ll read your arguments. I mean, I did read the first one and it was a staggeringly ill-conceived straw man.

jeduehr 6y ago
Hi I'm not "coming to China's defense" here. I am no fan of the Chinese government I literally find them horrifically oppressive and a place I would /never/ want to live. I am no fan of China. I also anticipated this exact criticism and wrote a whole response to it. See here (#4): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vRbACWf90iBC35xNOwlI5bWcUq0nNzLc/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vRbACWf90iBC35xNOwlI5bWcUq0...
- natch 6y ago
  Yes green account, whatever you say.
  - jeduehr 6y ago
    Hey, Let me know what proof you would want to show I am who I say I am. Thanks
    - natch 6y ago
      Ad homenim doesn’t really fly for me, even in a positive sense. But thanks.
  - dang 6y ago
    You have repeatedly been an asshole in this thread. That's seriously not cool, regardless of how wrong other commenters are or you feel they are. Attacking users for being new is particularly bad. Do we want HN to be a smug, insular community or welcoming to newcomers? Obviously the latter. Please don't poison it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html