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This is still a viable conspiracy theory that could be true. As far as I'm concerned, it's more likely to be true than the wet market origins. So, I think that's why, again during COVID, what I would have liked to see is our public policymakers and politicians be more Bayesian.
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Michael Shermer, "The Lure of Conspiratorial Thinking" transcript, The Atlas Society, July 9, 2026.
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Bayesian analysis is the right framework for settling the COVID-19 origins question
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AI Verified Model gpt-5: Shermer explicitly says policymakers should be more Bayesian about COVID and lab-leak questions, which is directly on-topic. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Model gpt-5: Shermer explicitly says policymakers should be more Bayesian about COVID origins, so the recorded 'for' answer matches the quote and transcript. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago

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AI Verified Model gpt-5: The Atlas Society transcript matches this wording at lines 284-290; Shermer is quoted discussing lab leak skepticism and Bayesian updating. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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