[aqme28]

That's a kind of dangerous line of thinking.

It's impossible to prove that it was not grown in a lab, which is why the burden is to show that it _was_ grown in a lab. Until we have that, we shouldn't be sharing stories about how it _might_ have been grown in a lab.

[Wowfunhappy]

I don't think it's "dangerous" to acknowledge that it is possible the Coronavirus was grown in a lab.

It is extremely unlikely that the virus was grown in a lab, because it's unlikely anyone has the technology to create a virus quite like this one.

[chc]

The last decade has given us some pretty good illustrations of how it can be dangerous to give credence to baseless conspiracy theories.

[mistermann]

Logically and epistemically sound thinking is what the world needs more of, not less.

I presume you're not a big fan of conspiracy theories - well, a big part of where they come from is the media doing something similar to what you're complaining about, stating what might be true, as unequivocally true. It would also be interesting to know how much of the polarization in society can be attributed to the fantasy world the media projects into people's minds using these techniques.

[beervirus]

I’ll share whatever stories I please.