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Ridley described his argument as a "good old Bayesian thing, you add up all the probabilities until you get to a final result," or a court case in which a jury reaches the most reasonable conclusion.
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Washington Examiner, "NIH hosts lecture saying COVID-19 came from Chinese lab," March 20, 2026.
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AI Verified Ridley explicitly describes his argument as a "good old Bayesian thing" that adds probabilities toward a final conclusion, which directly matches the statement about Bayesian analysis. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Ridley explicitly says his argument is a "good old Bayesian thing" that adds probabilities to a final result, so the recorded answer "for" is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago

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AI Verified Washington Examiner lines 139-142 quote Ridley describing his case as a "good old Bayesian thing" and comparing it to a jury reaching the most reasonable conclusion; the stored quote is verbatim and correctly attributed. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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