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Friend, I think you maybe clicked the wrong reply link? I didn't say anything about GoF research at all. Assuming that we ever get the honest and open public d
by torstenvl 5y ago
Friend, I think you maybe clicked the wrong reply link? I didn't say anything about GoF research at all.
Assuming that we ever get the honest and open public debate about COVID-19's origins, and if it was a lab leak from WIV and was related to GoF research, then certainly the potential benefits of GoF research would be weighed against the potential dangers. I don't take a position one way or another in that conversation at this point, because I think it's premature.
The fight we are facing right now is whether we're even allowed to have that debate or whether any discussion of the WIV as a possible origin is stamped out as anathema.
I find myself on the side of "follow the evidence" and "question everything" rather than "you're a conspiracy theorist if you even entertain this idea."
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- omginternets 5y agoPerhaps I read into your comment more than was warranted. However, "follow the evidence" applies to science. You are describing an ethical question, which means you are doing philosophy.
- torstenvl 5y ago"Where did SARS-CoV-2 come from?" is a scientific question. It certainly could have ethical implications, granted, but that does not make it not a question suitable for scientific inquiry.
- omginternets 5y agoYou’re right, it seems I read into your comment too deeply, probably given the context of a GOF related article. Please accept my apology.
- torstenvl 5y agoNo apology necessary, thank you for the pleasantness in hashing it out. :)
- omginternets 5y ago:)