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Re:I’m not convinced by the new lab leak debunking by bell-cot on Saturday March 05, 2022 @07:42PM (#30573692)
"Common sense" does not apply - or is worse than useless - in areas where one has no actual deep experience. Which in this case would mean certain virologists, epidemiologists, etc.

Simple test: Ask some old Maritime provinces fishermen about how the weather, sun, moon, coastal shape, currents, and dredged shipping channels interact to determine high tide levels along the coast. Then ask a bunch of folks whose experience doesn't include anything "ocean", "sea", or even "great lake" to give your their "common sense" on that subject.

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Re:I’m not convinced by the new lab leak debunking by lil_dispaches on Saturday March 05, 2022 @09:01PM (#30574272)
You have deep experience with viruses, via your biology. Science knows very little about virology, if you learned nothing but that from the pandemic. Your intuition is actually quite strong, as your whole body is a fractal complex of nature itself.
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