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Creative Speculation

al bupp

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4. Unless a Twitter thread makes it so, I fail to see any glibness on Anderson's part

Reply to intrepidity (Reply #3)

Thu May 13, 2021, 11:26 PM

May 2021

Nevertheless he very well may be wrong, while Baltimore and Wade are right. As a layman, I'm hardly qualified to critique either hypothesis on technical grounds, and so must rely upon the logic and evidence presented. Even Wade makes clear in his article that to date there's no solid proof for one or the other origin story, just what amounts to the weight of circumstantial evidence. Anderson's argument below makes some points that at least pass my sniff test:

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Investigate the origins of COVID-19 [View all] intrepidity May 2021 OP

my understanding is that the reason it is important to janterry May 2021 #1

Fauci himself was quite clear this question needs more research & investigation al bupp May 2021 #2

Andersen is being glib about the issue intrepidity May 2021 #3

Unless a Twitter thread makes it so, I fail to see any glibness on Anderson's part al bupp May 2021 #4

Andersen frequently battles straw men, from my observation intrepidity May 2021 #5