The problem is that this article is a giant claim of straw men.
Redfield argued that the virus escaped a lab, not that it was engineered. "Redfield stressed he was not implying "intentionality," and no credible scientist, including Redfield, believes the virus was man-made. " Redfield believes that it was an escaped gain-of-function pathogen: "Most of us in a lab, when trying to grow a virus, we try to help make it grow better, and better, and better, and better, and better, and better so we can do experime
There are definitely people on this comment thread saying lab release is the scenario best supported by the evidence. There is no evidence that it was released from that lab or any other lab.
Get a dictionary and grasp what the word evidence actually means, and what its opposite means.
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'No Evidence' says Xi (Score:2, Insightful)
No evidence at all, says Xi, vigorously brushing his hands together while standing on a particularly lumpy rug.
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"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"
Pushing a counter-narrative doesn't change the reality!
Re: 'No Evidence' says Xi (Score:2)
It doesn't change anything of worth.
Still might be true, and still might not be.
Pointless talking about it, imo.
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The problem is that this article is a giant claim of straw men.
Redfield argued that the virus escaped a lab, not that it was engineered. "Redfield stressed he was not implying "intentionality," and no credible scientist, including Redfield, believes the virus was man-made. " Redfield believes that it was an escaped gain-of-function pathogen: "Most of us in a lab, when trying to grow a virus, we try to help make it grow better, and better, and better, and better, and better, and better so we can do experime
Re: 'No Evidence' says Xi (Score:3)
Ok, is there any evidence it was released from a lab?
Re: 'No Evidence' says Xi (Score:3)
No. And nobody says there is any evidence. What the guy claims is nowhere near what some people suggest he claims.
But hey, who cares if someone talks some sense. Simply raging against something we can link to Trump is much more satisfying.
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>And nobody says there is any evidence.
There are definitely people on this comment thread saying lab release is the scenario best supported by the evidence.
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There are definitely people on this comment thread saying lab release is the scenario best supported by the evidence.
There is no evidence that it was released from that lab or any other lab.
Get a dictionary and grasp what the word evidence actually means, and what its opposite means.