Are they useful idiots, corrupted individuals, part of a cabal, or is selection at work? (LS #166)

Journalists promoting non-science

Clip taken from DarkHorse Podcast Livestream #166 (originally streamed live on Mar 18, 2023):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEN9WB7Ue4
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6kNoKJt6BHWsoSUx5lp5Ff

Q&A:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lqzjbyzQo8
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6cFz034LwVooon1ztljsw3

References:
The Strongest Evidence Yet That an Animal Started the Pandemic. The Atlantic Monthly, March 16, 2023: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/covid-origins-research-raccoon-dogs-wuhan-market-lab-leak/673390/

The Preprint was released after this livestream and is shared here: https://zenodo.org/record/7754299#.ZBj4TvbMI2x

What is this a clip from?
In this 166th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), discuss the state of the world though an evolutionary lens. Find more from us on Bret’s website (https://bretweinstein.net) or Heather’s website (http://heatherheying.com).

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