Edith: perhaps I shouldn't over-interpret this, but it actually seemed to me that Fiala clings to the virus hypothesis to the end or plays down the importance of the existence question. He actually says that several times, which is why I don't have to interpret it, it's in the room.
Edith: perhaps I shouldn't over-interpret this, but it actually seemed to me that Fiala clings to the virus hypothesis to the end or plays down the importance of the existence question. He actually says that several times, which is why I don't have to interpret it, it's in the room.
Yes exactly. He was dancing around the point. There are some people -- men of science, usually -- for whom this is a third rail. It's like questioning whether a wheat cracker in a stone building is really the body of a guy from the year one.
Edith: perhaps I shouldn't over-interpret this, but it actually seemed to me that Fiala clings to the virus hypothesis to the end or plays down the importance of the existence question. He actually says that several times, which is why I don't have to interpret it, it's in the room.
Yes exactly. He was dancing around the point. There are some people -- men of science, usually -- for whom this is a third rail. It's like questioning whether a wheat cracker in a stone building is really the body of a guy from the year one.