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Yeah, this pandemic shows me how widespread unscientific/illogical thinking is. I've seen HN commenters write "The Chinese government lies and hides stuff, therefore they must be hiding the truth that the virus is lab-made.". No! That's not how logic works!


Theres a lab in the city where it started, they killed their own scientist when he tried to warn people and they mess with inspection agency but its "unlikely" it comes from a lab ?

Thats not how logic works either..


That's how intuition works, logic, on the other hand, works about like that, with a few details you are missing.


The only "logical" thing to say is "we dont know" and "china is suspiscious". Anyrhing else is partisan


Groupthink and tribalism > logic




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