Weaponized Uncertainty

Pretty good article about the battle over the origins of COVID but really hits on the issues caused by our media, social media, and the weaponization of opinions.

The Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory Is a Tale of Weaponized Uncertainty

"You are seeing, in real time, the sometimes ugly and confusing search for a better answer—to get international accountability and scientific clarity. But you’re also witnessing the manufacture of uncertainty. Some of the people talking about a lab leak don’t want an answer. They want to amplify and in some cases even create, for mostly venal reasons, doubt. Because then they can leverage that doubt—in leaders, in scientists, in process—to hold or build power. It has worked so well that even presidents and the heads of national institutes have to respond."