Re:Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but fear...
by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @02:00AM
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> If you’re asking questions about a lab leak out of genuine scientific interest, that’s perfectly legitimate.
> But if you’re asking out of a desire to win political points, stir up tensions, etc., that’s destructive.
The trouble is that it's often both.
Suppose proof of a lab leak is bad for party A and good for party B. If no investigation takes place, people will assume it didn't happen. If we don't actually know the answer then party A is politically motivated to refuse to investigate and party B is politically motivated to demand an answer to the question better than "we don't know because we didn't look."
There may not be any party C who is completely disinterested and unbiased. You either investigate it or you don't. And either choice is politically charged.
> But if you’re asking out of a desire to win political points, stir up tensions, etc., that’s destructive.
The trouble is that it's often both.
Suppose proof of a lab leak is bad for party A and good for party B. If no investigation takes place, people will assume it didn't happen. If we don't actually know the answer then party A is politically motivated to refuse to investigate and party B is politically motivated to demand an answer to the question better than "we don't know because we didn't look."
There may not be any party C who is completely disinterested and unbiased. You either investigate it or you don't. And either choice is politically charged.