• shapesandstuff@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    How do you think scientific publications work?

    They don't go through the high council of evil science-lords first.

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      1 year ago

      Now I want to be invited to an evil science-lord convention.

      Bonus points if it is held in an underground volcanic lair.

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      Have you seen any scientific publications posted to these comments that prove the pandimic didn't result from a lab leak? I haven't.

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        1 year ago

        What possible evidence would there be to “prove” this negative? Maybe if we happened to find the exact source animal to test? Since that is unlikely, all we have to go is the genome of the virus compared to similar viruses in the wild and similar viruses in published research. And that wouldn’t be proof enough for you.

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          You don't need to prove or disprove a negative. You simply must allow for it to be a possibility unless evidence comes forth which proves that the doubts are unfounded. For instance, if patient zero was found and they had no contact with the lab, if a wild source of COVID-19 with the same genetic structure was found, or if it was proven than none of the samples in the lab could be the source of the infection.

          The problem here is that I opened up the possibility by asking the question, and hateful, partial, non-scientific minds decided to dogpile me for threatening their beliefs and faith in authority.

        • TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          My own what? I am posting my own doubts about the story. Do I need evidence to distrust two governments with a history of experimenting on their populations?