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I'm not sure how you can claim something is debunked when the source say it was unlikely. It would be nice if journalists used words by their common understandi

I'm not sure how you can claim something is debunked when the source say it was unlikely. It would be nice if journalists used words by their common understanding rather than as a way to silencing ideas they dislike.

bellyfullofbac 5y ago
Yeah, this pandemic shows me how widespread unscientific/illogical thinking is. I've seen HN commenters write "The Chinese government lies and hides stuff, therefore they must be hiding the truth that the virus is lab-made.". No! That's not how logic works!
- slver 5y ago
  Groupthink and tribalism > logic
- mam3 5y ago
  Theres a lab in the city where it started, they killed their own scientist when he tried to warn people and they mess with inspection agency but its "unlikely" it comes from a lab ? Thats not how logic works either..
  - Koiwai 5y ago
    That's how intuition works, logic, on the other hand, works about like that, with a few details you are missing.
    - mam3 5y ago
      The only "logical" thing to say is "we dont know" and "china is suspiscious". Anyrhing else is partisan