We need to update down on any complex, technical datapoint that we don’t fully understand, as China has surely paid researchers to manufacture hard-to-evaluate evidence for its own benefit (regardless of the truth of the accusation). This is a classic technique that I have seen a lot in propaganda against laypeople, and there is every reason it should have been employed against the “smart” people in the current coronavirus situation.
We need to update down on any complex, technical datapoint that we don’t fully understand, as China has surely paid researchers to manufacture hard-to-evaluate evidence for its own benefit (regardless of the truth of the accusation). This is a classic technique that I have seen a lot in propaganda against laypeople, and there is every reason it should have been employed against the “smart” people in the current coronavirus situation.