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Weren't the main grip about that movie was about the lab leak theory that’s now mainstream? It seems a little harsh to call this misinformation as a negative li

Weren't the main grip about that movie was about the lab leak theory that’s now mainstream? It seems a little harsh to call this misinformation as a negative light.

the-dude 5y ago
What means being right about the lab leak theory?
- NoPie 5y ago
  Currently it means that we don't have enough information to say one way or another. Being wrong means being convinced that it happened or not. It is wrong position because we don't have enough information and no reasonable position should jump to either conclusion.
jpxw 5y ago
- That was hardly a theory limited to them. Many people were saying that that was a possibility right from the start, including me, and I’m not a conspiracy theorist. - There still isn’t conclusive evidence on that question, unless I’m missing something - A broken clock is right twice a day
- iratic0 5y ago
  Except those supposed broken clocks have been right more than that
- aerosmile 5y ago
  That's unfair. Imagine that we suddenly find out that Kennedy was not assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, but that one of the alternative explanations was accurate - you could still write down those same three bullet points, and by doing so, you would unjustly deflect from the outrage of getting it wrong the first time around. Sometimes you just have to take things on the chin, hold people accountable, and learn from it.
raphlinus 5y ago
No. The movie claims that the virus was manipulated in a lab, specifically evolved from SARS-CoV-1 (which has only 79% genetic similarity). While this belief is very common in some circles, no reliable sources support it even as a serious possibility. What is now accepted as plausible is that the virus was brought to the lab, either as a live bat (or other intermediate animal), or as a sample, then was inadvertently leaked. It is also nearly universally acknowledged that the Chinese government is not being transparent and is indeed pushing bogus theories of their own (the frozen food theory in particular). That is not the same as the movie being "right," not even in the stopped clock sense.

Weren't the main grip about that movie was about the lab leak theory that’s now mainstream? It seems a little harsh to call this misinformation as a negative light.

the-dude 5y ago

What means being right about the lab leak theory?

NoPie 5y ago
Currently it means that we don't have enough information to say one way or another. Being wrong means being convinced that it happened or not. It is wrong position because we don't have enough information and no reasonable position should jump to either conclusion.

jpxw 5y ago

- That was hardly a theory limited to them. Many people were saying that that was a possibility right from the start, including me, and I’m not a conspiracy theorist. - There still isn’t conclusive evidence on that question, unless I’m missing something - A broken clock is right twice a day

iratic0 5y ago
Except those supposed broken clocks have been right more than that
aerosmile 5y ago
That's unfair. Imagine that we suddenly find out that Kennedy was not assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, but that one of the alternative explanations was accurate - you could still write down those same three bullet points, and by doing so, you would unjustly deflect from the outrage of getting it wrong the first time around. Sometimes you just have to take things on the chin, hold people accountable, and learn from it.

raphlinus 5y ago

No. The movie claims that the virus was manipulated in a lab, specifically evolved from SARS-CoV-1 (which has only 79% genetic similarity). While this belief is very common in some circles, no reliable sources support it even as a serious possibility. What is now accepted as plausible is that the virus was brought to the lab, either as a live bat (or other intermediate animal), or as a sample, then was inadvertently leaked. It is also nearly universally acknowledged that the Chinese government is not being transparent and is indeed pushing bogus theories of their own (the frozen food theory in particular). That is not the same as the movie being "right," not even in the stopped clock sense.