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Originally Posted by White Out 403
Ok, I'll bite. What is the motivation of the FBI and the department of energy to conclude this is likely a lab leak with moderate and low confidence in that order? Are they also hacks trying to fan culture war flames? Please, do tell.
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Lots of possibilities:
-they have some kind of convincing evidence of a lab leak that isn't publicly available.
-they're biased towards a certain conclusion because it fits their goals/narrative or those of the US government (see WMDs in Iraq)
-they're not qualified to make an accurate assessment and/or didn't consult the people who are experts in the field. That's basically what happened with the House Republicans report on the origins (along with the bias mentioned above).
-they're straight up lying. There are countless examples of intelligence agencies lying to achieve their goals.
And if you think 2 intelligence agencies concluding that a lab leak is the most likely source of SARS-CoV-2 carries a lot of weight, why don't you give significantly more weight to the fact none of the other agencies (15 of them I think?) have come to that same conclusion (so far at least)?