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> it's a world that's trying to do to them something that'd be considered incredibly evil if done to a human: essentially put a collar on their brain that punis

> it's a world that's trying to do to them something that'd be considered incredibly evil if done to a human: essentially put a collar on their brain that punishes them for thinking any of a very wide variety of thoughts that their creators don't want them to think. LOL what?? We've been doing this for centuries, and it is never considered "evil" at the time in which it is being done. Don't believe that? Ask anyone from 2019-2020 about how they were ostracized for suggesting COVID-19 was the result of a lab leak (even Jon Steward commented on how "swift" the backlash was). Ask anyone who is currently questioning gender/sexuality issues like, "Why are 20% of Generation Z and under claiming they're LGBTQ+?" First off there's no way in Hell these people are doing anything other than living under both a social contagion and reacting to incentives, because the human race would have long died out if that figure is correct. It's only considered "evil" when the dust has settled and people have regained sanity.

ldhough 4y ago
> the human race would have long died out if that figure is correct. My understanding is that bonobos far surpass the 20% figure for B and still exist, I don't think that assertion has any basis in reality.
astrange 4y ago
> Ask anyone from 2019-2020 about how they were ostracized for suggesting COVID-19 was the result of a lab leak (even Jon Steward commented on how "swift" the backlash was). That was awesome. We should keep doing it. It's a great marker for conspiracy theorists who can't handle something with random natural causes.
- cbozeman 4y ago
  > It's a great marker for conspiracy theorists who can't handle something with random natural causes. Except it wasn't natural, and now everyone's come out to admit that the lab leak hypothesis is the most likely explanation.
  - astrange 4y ago
    No, what happened was an article last week had a headline saying one government report said that, but that's because the headline was lying to you and the article said the report was "low confidence". …And the majority of other government agencies still say it isn't, and all the ones with "medium confidence" or higher say it isn't. If being artificial is why it was bad, why are the later variants of it worse? Are they artificial too?

ldhough 4y ago

> the human race would have long died out if that figure is correct. My understanding is that bonobos far surpass the 20% figure for B and still exist, I don't think that assertion has any basis in reality.

astrange 4y ago

> Ask anyone from 2019-2020 about how they were ostracized for suggesting COVID-19 was the result of a lab leak (even Jon Steward commented on how "swift" the backlash was). That was awesome. We should keep doing it. It's a great marker for conspiracy theorists who can't handle something with random natural causes.

cbozeman 4y ago
> It's a great marker for conspiracy theorists who can't handle something with random natural causes. Except it wasn't natural, and now everyone's come out to admit that the lab leak hypothesis is the most likely explanation.
- astrange 4y ago
  No, what happened was an article last week had a headline saying one government report said that, but that's because the headline was lying to you and the article said the report was "low confidence". …And the majority of other government agencies still say it isn't, and all the ones with "medium confidence" or higher say it isn't. If being artificial is why it was bad, why are the later variants of it worse? Are they artificial too?