Chat message

Slack / Private Message Drop, p.812 [SLACK_001026] · slack_pm:msg:08460

Date: 2021-05-14 08:01
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Kristian G. Andersen

Recipients on this medium are inferred from channel membership, not per-message addressing.

I'm pretty sure he'd say "equally plausible", because he does seem to have a very hard time weighing evidence andutilizing probabilities at the moment. It's _exactly_ the same line of thinking that led to half the country believing the election was stolen - because nothing can ever be known with 100% certainty.

In context

A single line often inverts meaning once you see what it answers, so neighbouring messages are always shown.

2021-05-14 07:47 Uslackbot open

@USLACKBOT This message was deleted.
2021-05-14 07:52 Robert F. Garry open

https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/not-acceptable-wuhan-scientist-hits[...]d19-origin-claims/news-story/5f9c6e80eeb1806c670841a45ea33fbc pretty good report
2021-05-14 07:53 Robert F. Garry open

@USLACKBOT ABSOLUTELY - it's not science! Bloom is accusing WIV of bioterrorism.
2021-05-14 07:59 Andrew Rambaut open

I would be interested what Jesse would say if you just posted the list of scientists working at WIV and ask which ofthese people he thought might have deliberately leaked the virus. Or are they all equally plausible
2021-05-14 08:01 Kristian G. Andersen

I'm pretty sure he'd say "equally plausible", because he does seem to have a very hard time weighing evidence andutilizing probabilities at the moment. It's _exactly_ the same line of thinking that led to half the country believing the election was stolen - because nothing can ever be known with 100% certainty.
2021-05-14 08:03 Kristian G. Andersen open

It's the exact same debate - Bloomshitters saying "I'm just asking questions here" and "we just want to know the truth - don't you want to know the truth"? And then words by folks like us will be twisted to make it seem like _we_don't actually want to know the truth, but rather want to push an agenda.
2021-05-14 08:03 Kristian G. Andersen open

It's dangerous, that's for sure.
2021-05-14 08:22 Robert F. Garry open

And Shi is right - what data could she produce that would satisfy this crowd?
2021-05-14 08:26 Robert F. Garry open

And, here's eDim revealing the true agenda beyond relitigating GoF research restrictions. [shared file(s): image.png]

Full conversation →