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Comment by James E. Erdman III

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Senior Operations Officer at the Central Intelligence Agency and 2026 Senate COVID origins whistleblower witness
The COVID origin analysis was an exercise in anchor bias. Instead of gathering data, drawing conclusions, and writing multiple products based on the data, the analysts worked from a binary choice: lab incident or natural origin.
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Bayesian analysis is the right framework for settling the COVID-19 origins question
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AI Verified Calling the COVID origin analysis an exercise in anchor bias directly opposes Bayesian analysis as the right framework here. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago
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AI Verified The quote calls the COVID origin analysis an exercise in anchor bias and criticizes the binary framing, so against is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Senate testimony PDF on p.5 contains the exact 'exercise in anchor bias' passage attributed to James E. Erdman III. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago
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