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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.1093 [SLACK_001307] · slack_pm:msg:11383

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Date
2022-02-16 13:54
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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  1. 2022-02-16 13:51 Edward C. Holmes open
    Right, but we do actually then state that no laboratory-based scenario is plausible.
  2. 2022-02-16 13:52 Edward C. Holmes open
    If I were on the other side I would then ask why you wrote this second sentence?
  3. 2022-02-16 13:54 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Well, that's the genius of that sentence - it says "we do not _*believe*_ that any type of laboratory based scenario is_*plausible*_". "Not plausible" does not mean "impossible".
  4. 2022-02-16 13:54 Andrew Rambaut open
    not-plausible to me means has a non-zero probability but still small
  5. 2022-02-16 13:54 Kristian G. Andersen
    Yup
  6. 2022-02-16 13:54 Andrew Rambaut open
    As Kristian says - the categorical bit is 'any'
  7. 2022-02-16 13:55 Edward C. Holmes open
    My problem your letter is that it ends with the its impossible to prove/disprove statement whereas the paper has more.
  8. 2022-02-16 13:55 Kristian G. Andersen open
    "Believe" does a lot of heavy lifting here too - clearly this is our opinion (based on all the data, expertise, etc).
  9. 2022-02-16 13:55 Robert F. Garry open
    Maybe we should jump on that call?

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