Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”
by jsight on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:01PM
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He should not have used the word all, but this feels like a really pedantic point to me. The main thing is that there is no consensus that it didn't get created that way.
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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”
by mrguyorama on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:16PM
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These two things are vastly different:
A) All the experts agree that covid comes from a wuhan lab
B) Experts have not ruled out a lab leak
Pointing out such a difference is not being pedantic, and in fact is hugely important
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”
by bzbarsky on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:01PM
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The post said "all the experts are saying may actually be true". The "may" (not "is"!) there is pretty key in making the meaning a lot closer to your (B) than anything like your (A)... Did that comment get edited after yours? Because it seems like you are arguing against a strawman, not what was actually said.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”
by mwigdahl on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:44PM
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But that is not the difference here. The original post said "Something [meaning the lab leak theory] all the experts are saying may actually be true". This is somewhere in between your A and B and at least to me sounds closer to B than A, as "may actually be true" is more of an acknowledgment of possibility than an assertion of probability. It's definitely not a statement of certainty.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”
by MauranKilom on Friday July 16, 2021 @07:34PM
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But the statement in question was not "all experts agree that covid comes from a wuhan lab", it is "all experts agree that covid could come from a wuhan lab". That's still unlikely to be 100% accurate, but your version A is a complete misrepresentation.