Nice discussion. Guy looks exactly like who I imagine reads Scott Alexander's substack.
I'll still leave my tent in the 'I don't know' camp, but that is as much a personality trait as an issue specific position. I also get a little sus when people start stacking probabilities and saying "what are the chances that... ?", because life is we…
Nice discussion. Guy looks exactly like who I imagine reads Scott Alexander's substack.
I'll still leave my tent in the 'I don't know' camp, but that is as much a personality trait as an issue specific position. I also get a little sus when people start stacking probabilities and saying "what are the chances that... ?", because life is weird, man. That said, as a (soil) microbiologist married to a molecular biologist who used to work at WHO's influenza monitoring lab in Melbourne, I (we) have always leant zoonotic.
Anyway, was a good one. Bob, you should get this guy to do a deep dive on the JFK assassination for you.
Nice discussion. Guy looks exactly like who I imagine reads Scott Alexander's substack.
I'll still leave my tent in the 'I don't know' camp, but that is as much a personality trait as an issue specific position. I also get a little sus when people start stacking probabilities and saying "what are the chances that... ?", because life is weird, man. That said, as a (soil) microbiologist married to a molecular biologist who used to work at WHO's influenza monitoring lab in Melbourne, I (we) have always leant zoonotic.
Anyway, was a good one. Bob, you should get this guy to do a deep dive on the JFK assassination for you.
That JFK idea is good. And maybe he's already gone down the rabbit hole so I wouldn't have to ask him to spend any more time on it!