"Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID"
That should settle it, right? The problem, of course, it won't because we're dealing with conspiracy theories and not scientific inquiry - no amount of additional data will change un-evidenced beliefs.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03982-2
That should settle it, right? The problem, of course, it won't because we're dealing with conspiracy theories and not scientific inquiry - no amount of additional data will change un-evidenced beliefs.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03982-2
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but this in particular is pretty weak evidence. "chief suspects release data exonerating them, 5 years later"
Can't blame people for not believing this one. There is stronger evidence against the lab leak theory out there, use that
but you need to have some background knowledge to understand how that works
From an outside perspective this isn't convincing
what's to say they aren't simply hiding a 57th one?
Just to be clear, I'm playing devil's advocate here, but do you see why this wouldn't change someone's mind?
but most ppl are not equipped to do so, & the information space is broken
so ppl are more likely to believe simplified narratives from charismatic ppl that reinforce their preconceived ideas than actually get background knowledge
Sie haben gefährliche Versuche gemacht mit dem Ace2 Rezeptor, was in den USA nicht erlaubt war.
Komm, macht euch doch nicht lächerlich.
But yeah, these clowns.
"By nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced"
https://oversight.house.gov/release/final-report-covid-select-concludes-2-year-investigation-issues-500-page-final-report-on-lessons-learned-and-the-path-forward/
Reality doesn’t influence their opinion! It‘s not about facts or data. It’s all about FAITH!
A few examples:
1️⃣ Emails show no evidence of lab leak > (a) we must get more emails, (b) they deleted the emails.
3️⃣ "Show me the lab notebooks" > they show the lab notebooks without SARS2 in there > they deleted SARS2 from the lab notebooks.
5️⃣ "There were no animals at the market" > there were animals at the market > "animals at the market prove nothing".
And so ad infinitum.
It's belief, not science. That's fine, but let's not confuse the two.
Sure, it's possible, but what evidence do we have to support that accusation? None. Plus, the evidence we *do* have points away from the WIV. Strongly so.
Not exclusively.
Different departments came to different conclusions (or no conclusion t all.) And that's okay!
https://bsky.app/profile/torrleonard.bsky.social/post/3kv2htnd5ur2a
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57926368
You don’t lie to Congress and come out a hero.
And, with little exceptions, you can glean a lot of about someone by how many self pics they adorn office walls with.
7. ‘The proposal shows they made it’ > this proposal can’t make sc2
> they could have done something secret.
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(same with the "querdenker" people in germany, to not even mention this dr. sucharit bahkdi)