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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by Godel_unicode on Sunday February 26, 2023 @07:48PM (#34951604)
Our ability to prove a theory or not is entirely dependent on our ability to gather evidence for or against. How many other theories can be thought of is totally irrelevant.

Low confidence means inability to prove or disprove. That is it.

Edit: extrapolating further about this is just a Rorschach test.

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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by kilgnad on Sunday February 26, 2023 @08:27PM (#34951870)
This is just vocabulary. If you can't find evidence to support a theory confidently... I call it a crap theory.
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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by freejazz on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:26AM (#34966608)
Would you prefer to communicate without using words? I'm confused.
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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by kilgnad on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @07:40AM (#34968615)
The argument is descending into one about the definition of "crap theory."

I have a low bar for crap theory. As long as it doesn't have evidence that confidently supports it, it's crap.

The other guy has a high bar for crap theory. A theory without any evidence, to him, is not crap.

It's like arguing over what temperature is hot and what temperature is cold. Pointless. An Eskimo has a different definition of cold and hot then say some guy who lives in a desert. Put them in the same place and let them debate about whether the current temp is hot or cold... That argument ends up being an argument about vocabulary. What is the definition of hot or cold?

Who fucking cares? That is my point.

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