This is an excellent and very thoughtful essay, but I might ask you to reconsider your opinion that the lab-leak theory has been proven 'probably true'. There are many, many excellent scientists (Angela Rasmussen, Kristian Andersen, etc.) who are convinced the theory is false and plenty of articles that have pushed back against it (e.g., https://theconversation.com/the-covid-lab-leak-theory-is-dead-heres-how-we-know-the-virus-came-from-a-wuhan-market-188163). At worst, I would characterize it as 'possibly true'.
Anton,
This is an excellent and very thoughtful essay, but I might ask you to reconsider your opinion that the lab-leak theory has been proven 'probably true'. There are many, many excellent scientists (Angela Rasmussen, Kristian Andersen, etc.) who are convinced the theory is false and plenty of articles that have pushed back against it (e.g., https://theconversation.com/the-covid-lab-leak-theory-is-dead-heres-how-we-know-the-virus-came-from-a-wuhan-market-188163). At worst, I would characterize it as 'possibly true'.