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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.1076 [SLACK_001290] · slack_pm:msg:11217

Date: 2022-01-25 12:17
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recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry

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This sums up our deliberations so eloquently it almost brought a tear to my eye: "Only one form of trial-and-error could have produced it, they judged, a form that is tireless, blind, and infinitelypersistent: evolution by natural selection."

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2022-01-25 12:16 Robert F. Garry open

Just got my Quamman email - the excerpts are really really good.
2022-01-25 12:17 Robert F. Garry

This sums up our deliberations so eloquently it almost brought a tear to my eye: "Only one form of trial-and-error could have produced it, they judged, a form that is tireless, blind, and infinitelypersistent: evolution by natural selection."
2022-01-25 12:18 Kristian G. Andersen open

BOB - GRANT!!!!!!! :wink: And yes - DQ is great. He should be sending me the whole book draft next week, so I'm looking forward to that.
2022-01-25 12:18 Robert F. Garry open

Ialsomentioned that he should probably acknowledge the Feb 1 teleconference or else the Lab Leak crowd would accuse him of being part of the conspiracy/cover-up.
2022-01-25 12:34 Edward C. Holmes open

You mean you have to write grants? I thought they were awarded automatically.
2022-01-25 12:36 Kristian G. Andersen open

I thought so too - that's what Der Fauci said, but I haven't seen the check yet.

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