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Dave Rubin: A Pointless Partisan Pundit

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The Delta Between Public Perception and Expert Opinion on the Lab Leak

The image that has constantly been presented about climate researchers and 9-11 investigations, the engineers, right? That's the way that they are presented. And so that does not mean that any discussion of the lab leak falls into the category of lurid conspiracies but that is a component of that whole ecosystem. But what would be useful if you had an interest in the topic is to listen to the people advance the reasons that they believe there's a conspiracy of silence.

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Because they're morally corrupt and bringing these villains to light is justified, right? But it should be clear that that is the image that has constantly been presented about climate researchers, about 9-11 investigations, the engineers, right? That's the way that they are presented. Yeah,
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about the people creating the vaccines as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1
yeah. And so that does not mean that any discussion of the lab leak falls into the category of lurid conspiracies, but that is a component of that whole ecosystem. And it is very often the case that you see people not distinguish between the two and repeating the rhetoric of the more hardcore conspiratorial members of the lab leak community. And I understand it's like it is a tricky thing to navigate. But what would be useful if you had an interest in the topic is to, yes, no problem to listen to the people advance the reasons that they believe there's a conspiracy of silence or that they believe that a lab leak origin is more likely. But also go and listen to the experts respond to that. Go and listen to them in long-form content, outline why they hold the views that they do, or if you're capable of it, read the summary papers that are published, attempting to summarize the evidence. Because that gives you the counter-opinion. And that is why there is, I think, such a large delta between public perception and the general expert opinion. Because the experts are basing their position largely on the scientific evidence. And the public is not.

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