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Alex Thompson, Zack Czajkowski, and Ron Steslow discuss the Lab leak theory, the virologists who lied to reporters about it for political reasons, the origins of human life, and how the push for ideological purity is stifling scientific inquiry.

Related reading:

Telegraph - Senior US journalist attacks leading scientists for 'misleading' him over Covid lab-leak theory

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/03/26/new-york-times-donald-mcneil-wuhan-lab-leak-theory/

The Atlantic - What’s So Bad About Asking Where Humans Came From?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/05/human-origins-invention-of-prehistory-book-review/677842/

Alex Thompson, Zack Czajkowski, and Ron Steslow discuss the Lab leak theory, the virologists who lied to reporters about it for political reasons, the origins of human life, and how the push for ideological purity is stifling scientific inquiry.

Related reading:

Telegraph - Senior US journalist attacks leading scientists for 'misleading' him over Covid lab-leak theory

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/03/26/new-york-times-donald-mcneil-wuhan-lab-leak-theory/

The Atlantic - What’s So Bad About Asking Where Humans Came From?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/05/human-origins-invention-of-prehistory-book-review/677842/