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Considering it's true, how was it baselessly claimed as a legitimate theory last year? There was plenty of evidence back then, it's just that people like you b
by jb775 5y ago
Considering it's true, how was it baselessly claimed as a legitimate theory last year? There was plenty of evidence back then, it's just that people like you bury your head in the sand when someone presents evidence on something you don't want to believe. It's called cognitive dissonance. THAT's the real bias here!
Also, how exactly did "science" indicate it as being unlikely true? Coming from a person who likely believed it came from someone eating a bat sandwich...bc CNN told them to believe that.
- teawrecks 5y agoI understand that this type of discourse is par for the course on Twitter and Facebook, but please don't track it in here. Because you asked, the expert consensus at the time was that it was highly improbable that the virus was of lab origin: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 While you're right that laypeople in media and on twitter indulge in absolutes and sensationalism, the science seemed to be carried out appropriately. So if knocking over straw men is your thing, twitter is the more appropriate venue.