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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Apr 16

    If it turns out that the coronavirus did escape from a lab in Wuhan, Twitter is going to owe ZeroHedge an apology for automatically flagging every link to their site. In fact they probably already do.pic.twitter.com/BIfpOl3RPP

    6:02 AM - 16 Apr 2020
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      1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Apr 16

        I'm not talking about the possibility that the virus was created in a lab, but that a naturally occurring virus escaped from the sort of studies mentioned in this article:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/14/state-department-cables-warned-safety-issues-wuhan-lab-studying-bat-coronaviruses/ …

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      2. Renee DiResta‏Verified account @noUpside Apr 16
        Replying to @paulg

        Are we memory-holing the specific reason for the ban? It wasn’t for just broaching the lab idea.pic.twitter.com/XmQ12HA0uX

        5 replies 10 retweets 69 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Apr 16
        Replying to @noUpside

        There are two separate things happening here: shutting down their Twitter account, and flagging links to their site as dangerous. The former is arguably a justifiable punishment for giving the researcher's phone number. But how does this (mild) doxxing make the site dangerous?

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      2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Apr 16
        Replying to @MichaelKogan14

        The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff recently said that "we’ve had a lot of intelligence look at that. And I would just say at this point, it’s inconclusive." Which implies the possibility is being taken seriously.

        16 replies 2 retweets 115 likes
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      2. Harry Briggs‏ @H4ryB Apr 17
        Replying to @paulg

        And correctly predicted by Dominic Cummings:https://dominiccummings.com/2019/03/04/the-most-secure-bio-labs-routinely-make-errors-that-could-cause-a-global-pandemic-are-about-to-re-start-experiments-on-pathogens-engineered-to-make-them-mammalian-airborne-transmissible/ …

        4 replies 10 retweets 52 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Apr 17
        Replying to @H4ryB

        Wow, I had not seen that.

        0 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
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      2. Austen Allred‏ @Austen Apr 16
        Replying to @paulg

        “Social media apps should remove false information” seems like a good idea until you realize you just made some random team in San Francisco the global arbiters of truth

        23 replies 137 retweets 933 likes
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      2. Ankit Singhaniya‏ @aks0510 Apr 16
        Replying to @paulg

        Where do I seek the truth in 2020? 💔

        7 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Apr 16
        Replying to @aks0510

        The same place as always: people you've found to be reliable in the past.

        10 replies 7 retweets 203 likes
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