Comment by Guillaume Achaz

French biologist who commented on DRASTIC's reasoning in the COVID-19 origins debate.
You get the feeling that they often start from the conclusion and develop their arguments backward.
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AI Verified Relevant: Achaz criticizes DRASTIC for reasoning backward from a desired lab-leak conclusion in Le Monde, which clearly signals opposition to the lab-origin claim. Source: Le Monde, Feb. 18, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified Against: Achaz says DRASTIC often works backward from a lab-leak conclusion, which in context signals opposition to the lab-origin claim. Source: Le Monde, Feb. 18, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified Relevant: Achaz says DRASTIC often starts from the conclusion and works backward, which in context is a critique of the inferential approach used to settle COVID origins. Source: Le Monde, Feb. 18, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified Against: Achaz criticizes backward reasoning in efforts to settle COVID origins, which in context signals opposition to the proposed Bayesian-settling framework. Source: Le Monde, Feb. 18, 2025. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago

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AI Verified Le Monde quotes Guillaume Achaz with this exact wording about DRASTIC's reasoning; stored text matches the source and attribution. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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