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Physicist, Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois
Combining all Levin's spatiotemporal Bayes factors gives a net factor of 15,000 favoring A over Z.
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Bayesian analysis is the right framework for settling the COVID-19 origins question
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AI Verified Relevant: the quote is explicitly a Bayesian comparison of competing COVID-origin hypotheses (A vs. Z), and the surrounding article treats Bayes factors plus priors and other likelihood factors as the way to form net odds and evaluate the origins question. That makes the author’s stance on the complete statement substantially more likely to be determinable. ([michaelweissman.substack.com](https://michaelweissman.substack.com/p/big-news-on-covid-origins)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 20d ago
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AI Verified The source URL is fetchable and contains the sentence "Combining all Levin’s spatiotemporal Bayes factors gives a net factor of 15,000 favoring A over Z." in the post "Big News on Covid Origins," bylined "Michael Weissman" and dated 2025-02-03; the only difference from the submitted text is typographic apostrophe normalization (Levin’s vs Levin's). Michael Weissman’s Substack profile and the University of Illinois profile for Michael B Weissman corroborate that this is the same author. ([michaelweissman.substack.com](https://michaelweissman.substack.com/p/big-news-on-covid-origins)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 20d ago
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