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Re:The evidence which suggests that Covid-19 is not a natura... by matwood on Saturday July 18, 2020 @07:24AM (#23880634)
Thanks for the summary. It feels a bit like the intelligent design argument for God. It has these features, we can’t imagine them randomly coming together, so it must have been designed. Add that humans really want to ascribe motive and reason to events, when sometimes it really is jus chance.
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Re:The evidence which suggests that Covid-19 is not a natura... by jkhdigital on Saturday July 18, 2020 @08:35AM (#23880993)
You’re missing step 2: a group of virologists published research showing (indirectly, over time) exactly how one might create a chimeric virus with the characteristics of SARS-CoV-2. The argument is not “we can’t imagine them randomly coming together”, the argument is “these virologists had the experience and knowledge to put them together, and have been doing so for years in their experiments”
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Re:The evidence which suggests that Covid-19 is not a natura... by matwood on Saturday July 18, 2020 @09:27AM (#23881274)
No, but other similar viruses have already risen out the same general conditions in China before. The evidence to say that this one is different is going to need to be very compelling. Circumstances are not enough.
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