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Comment by EJW Audio
Econ Journal Watch podcast page covering scholarly debate on COVID-19 origins
Weissman uses a simple analogy to explain the error. Correcting the error using the data, model, and simulations of the original paper reverses the implication of the analysis-the single-introduction likelihood becomes greater than the two-introductions likelihood. That undermines the article’s supposed support for natural origin.AI Verified (Mar 29, 2026)
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Econ Journal Watch frames the quote as part of the lab-leak vs natural-origin debate, and the quoted passage says correcting the Pekar analysis undermines supposed support for natural origin; that is directly relevant to the full statement. Model: gpt-5-codex.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 18d ago
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The source page is titled 'Michael Weissman on Lab Leak and Science' and says correcting the Pekar analysis makes a single introduction likelier and undermines support for natural origin; on this record the stored answer 'for' matches. Model: gpt-5-codex.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 18d ago
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The Econ Journal Watch summary is directly about a Bayesian error in COVID-origins analysis and what the corrected analysis implies, so it is relevant to the framework question.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 19d ago
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The quote treats correcting the Bayesian analysis as decisive for the inference, which supports the statement that Bayesian analysis is the right framework.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 19d ago
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The source URL is fetchable, and the official Econ Journal Watch episode page for “Michael Weissman on Lab Leak and Science” contains this three-sentence passage verbatim on the page text, with the page dated “Posted 29 Mar 2026.” The page is part of the EJW Audio podcast, and podcast metadata/listings corroborate the EJW Audio/Econ Journal Watch attribution context. ([econjwatch.org](https://econjwatch.org/podcast/michael-weissman-on-lab-leak-and-science))
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YouCongress
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