How Did You Become a Scientist?

Nick Bostrom: I was amazed it got so much attention. There's a piece in science with a bunch of big names that came out, multiple pieces in the Wall Street Journal and other places. You've got two very plausible scenarios, natural emergence and lab escape. Common sense tells you there might be some connection between a leading coronavirus virology in Wuhan and the pandemic breaking out right on its doorstep.