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Yeah, nah. You're conflating certainty with risk. Crazy virus comes from where said crazy viruses are literally made and studied. Occams Razor suggests a lot,
by jrm4 3y ago
Yeah, nah. You're conflating certainty with risk.
Crazy virus comes from where said crazy viruses are literally made and studied.
Occams Razor suggests a lot, but more importantly, smart risk management dictates that you treat the lab as if it is the source; absent some sort of clear risk-related reason that these experiments are likely to do more good than harm.
So I suppose the correct question is -- what are we getting from these labs that's worth the risk of leaks?
- xracy 3y agoThere's literally an alternative proposed leak method that is the current consensus (market) that is more believable than the lab-leak theory.
- jrm4 3y agoThis is the wet market theory, yes? I presume these wet markets exist in places other than Wuhan. Yeah, nah, that one is only "more believable" propped up by e.g. xenophobia and racism. Falls way too neatly into "look at the weird Chinese people they eat bats" or whatever. Pretty flimsy compared to "lab that literally does this kind of virus all day."
- someuser2345 3y agoIt's also a more convenient theory for the Chinese government. Its much less embarrassing to say "The virus came from rednecks eating weird things" than it is to say "The virus came from a government funded lab".
- cbsmith 3y ago> Crazy virus comes from where said crazy viruses are literally made and studied. "Crazy" is an odd characterization, but let's go with it. Where are "crazy viruses literally made"? Well, more often than not, in nature. So...