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Is this a story about a lab leak or media incompetence? What evidence has meaningfully changed since a year ago when this was a harmful conspiracy theory? Next

Is this a story about a lab leak or media incompetence? What evidence has meaningfully changed since a year ago when this was a harmful conspiracy theory? Next you’re gonna tell me that really was Hunter Biden’s laptop... FWIW I made this HN account a year ago to post an article about the lab leak theory. I couldn’t use my main account because it was so obviously wrongthink at the time.

kokanator 5y ago
Just as an aside, HB did state it could be his laptop[0]. Fact checked on snopes. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hunter-biden-laptop-could-be-his/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hunter-biden-laptop-could-...
piva00 5y ago
And now your new post about this research [1] has been flagged, it's quite strange. [1] https://project-evidence.github.io/ https://project-evidence.github.io/
- TechBro8615 5y ago
  Yeah, I gave up caring a long time ago. You can’t fight emotion and attachment theory with logic. Let people feel what they will. For example I feel like a tendency for critical thinking is a curse.
  - lawnchair_larry 5y ago
    This was the most depressing realization of the past year for me. Otherwise smart people too. Including a large percentage of this site. They got nearly every story wrong, and only some are just starting to realize it.
lawnchair_larry 5y ago
That’s hilarious. I had to self-sensor a lot for wrongthink as well. I still do on some topics. These people don’t listen, they do a quick pattern match of your keywords and dismiss if it sounds tangentially related to a non-left narrative, or contradicts theirs. Even when you explicitly differentiate from whatever narrative they’re associating it with. It’s maddening. I assume you saw Yuri’s paper?
tim333 5y ago
The vibe seems to have changed with the general public since the WHO investigation happened and looked like a bit of a PR job where they did meet and greets, were not allowed to see raw data, didn't see the lab database, couldn't talk to scientists without political minders present and so on.

kokanator 5y ago

Just as an aside, HB did state it could be his laptop[0]. Fact checked on snopes. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hunter-biden-laptop-could-be-his/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hunter-biden-laptop-could-...

piva00 5y ago

And now your new post about this research [1] has been flagged, it's quite strange. [1] https://project-evidence.github.io/ https://project-evidence.github.io/

TechBro8615 5y ago
Yeah, I gave up caring a long time ago. You can’t fight emotion and attachment theory with logic. Let people feel what they will. For example I feel like a tendency for critical thinking is a curse.
- lawnchair_larry 5y ago
  This was the most depressing realization of the past year for me. Otherwise smart people too. Including a large percentage of this site. They got nearly every story wrong, and only some are just starting to realize it.

lawnchair_larry 5y ago

That’s hilarious. I had to self-sensor a lot for wrongthink as well. I still do on some topics. These people don’t listen, they do a quick pattern match of your keywords and dismiss if it sounds tangentially related to a non-left narrative, or contradicts theirs. Even when you explicitly differentiate from whatever narrative they’re associating it with. It’s maddening. I assume you saw Yuri’s paper?

tim333 5y ago

The vibe seems to have changed with the general public since the WHO investigation happened and looked like a bit of a PR job where they did meet and greets, were not allowed to see raw data, didn't see the lab database, couldn't talk to scientists without political minders present and so on.