(May 31, 2024 at 1:49 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: I hear Trump's speech at the Libertarian Party Convention did not go over well.

It was like an arsonist speaking to the volunteer fire brigade.

Boru

It's not clear in what way a lab leak is more parsimonious than a human-animal crossover. I'd say the opposite is true as there aren't any preconditions upon it and it requires no additional events beyond those known to exist to have occurred. It sounds like the author has engaged in some motivated reasoning.

(June 3, 2024 at 12:54 pm)Angrboda Wrote: It's not clear in what way a lab leak is more parsimonious than a human-animal crossover.  I'd say the opposite is true as there aren't any preconditions upon it and it requires no additional events beyond those known to exist to have occurred.  It sounds like the author has engaged in some motivated reasoning.

At this point I don't think it matters all that much.

In a Covid Relief fraud trial, someone left a bag full of $120,000 with a juror's father, saying there'd be more if she voted to acquit. I'm guessing they didn't get a receipt.

Sothern Germany is suffering from heavy rain for two weeks now. Danube (and its tributaries) turned into Amazonas. Cities of Regensburg and Passau have declared state of emergeny, their historic city centers are flooded.

French and British troops are re-enacting the landing by sea on Omaha Beach in Normandy and the parachute jumps at the 80th anniversary of D-day. There is actually about 100 British D-Day veterans who are still alive today. And some of them are attending the events.