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I suspect that the opposition then is not considering the gravity of this research being responsible for the deaths of millions.

Which is obviously absurd, so there is definitely something else going on.




I suspect:

1. You don't know what my position actually is, as I haven't stated it

2. You are confusing assertion and evidence

In order to be even remotely convincing, you would have to show that the risk/reward ratio of GoF is stacked against GoF. Right now, you're just aggressively telling us that it is.

You'll note that no matter how bad you demonstrate COVID to be, the opposition could (rightly!) claim that there are potentially worse diseases. And no matter how bad you postulate a future GoF-related outbreak might be, they could postulate a scenario in which humanity were saved by GoF.

This is a hard question. It's literally a philosophical one. I really wish you wouldn't be so snarky.


Well you still didn't told us whats your position is, but maybe you can answer my question:

HOW GoF helped us to fight Covid? How the process that most likely played a huge role of creating the virus also helped us fighting it? Everyone how defends GoF tells us plebs, it helps us to fight future epidemics, but no one give us an example how it is helping the current one.




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