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by ricksunny 1039 days ago
> I don't ever remember it being treated as a "crazy non scientific conspiracy

Consider that this treatment may have taken place in the editorial boards & newsrooms of the outlets you read before the debate ever had the opportunity to reach to your attention.

Perhaps epistemology is not just individual in scope, but societal.

Indeed, I also didn't remember it being treated in Jan-Oct 2020 as a 'crazy non-scientific conspiracy'. But we know today, (reference any journalist talking about origins on Twitter) that lab leak was being treated amongst themselves as a wild-eyed conspiracy theory