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by thefounder 2212 days ago
>> However, the theory itself is completely reasonable and sound.

Isn't it the same with most conspiracy theories?(plain bullshit excluded) Just on History Channel you can see a lot of such cases about Hitler still being alive somewhere in Argentine, Ancient Aliens etc. Anyone can find compelling reasons to support anything but if you want to be objective you need to analyse the evidence. What evidence does Trump have that the virus was developed in a lab in China? Even with reasonable evidence I don't know who would believe him anyway.
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dependenttypes 2212 days ago
> plain bullshit excluded

These ones that you listed were plain bullshit though.

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DiogenesKynikos 2212 days ago
Not any more BS than the lab theory is.
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dependenttypes 2212 days ago
The biologists that I saw talking about this topic all called it "possible" or "unlikely". Meanwhile the theories that you mentioned are pretty much impossible. "Hitler still being alive somewhere in Argentine" would mean that he is 131 years old.

I think that you let your political affiliations get in the way and cloud your view.

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thefounder 2211 days ago
Nobody says that Hitler is still alive. The theory is that he was still alive after the war/was seen in Argentine (i.e he didn't commit suicide) which can be supported/may be "possible".

My point is that without hard evidence anyone can provide "reasonable" arguments for almost anything. That's why we have protocols and run clinical trials instead to rely on what "makes sense"(i.e inject disinfectant to kill covid-19) in our more or less sharp minds.

Now if someone talks bullshit all day long it is very hard to figure out when he says the truth so without evidence it would be safe to assume that whatever he says it is very likely to be false or at least partially false.

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dependenttypes 2211 days ago
> The theory is that he was still alive after the war ...

I was replying to "Just on History Channel you can see a lot of such cases about Hitler still being alive somewhere in Argentine"

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thefounder 2209 days ago
>> I was replying to "Just on History Channel you can see a lot of such cases about Hitler still being alive somewhere in Argentine"

I hope you don't expect me to give all the inner details in a comment. Here[0] is a small summary though.

How is this more bullshit than "your" covid lab theory?

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_Hitler

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