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I can't agree that it's unscientific at all. There's a huge difference between doing science and constantly pushing public discussion of your unsupported hypoth
by chowells 5y ago
I can't agree that it's unscientific at all. There's a huge difference between doing science and constantly pushing public discussion of your unsupported hypothesis.
Should there be people tracking the origin of the disease, how it got into the general population, and how to reduce similar incidents in the future? Yes, absolutely. That's doing science.
But what, exactly, is scientific about spreading your hypothesis across popular media for public discussion when the entirety of your evidence is "there's no concrete evidence to the contrary"? This isn't how science is done. It's how propaganda is done.
I am disturbed by the number of people here who fall for such propaganda so easily. Being a testable hypothesis does not make something intrinsically science. Actually doing science does. And science is not done by media talking heads selling you fear in order to increase their advertising income.
- silicon2401 5y agoThere are many things in science that didn't have concrete evidence to the contrary before they were researched; where do you think concrete evidence comes from if not starting to research? It's ironic that you criticize propaganda on one hand while suggesting that we just believe whatever we're told is true without question on the other hand. What is that if not propaganda?