[ExI] conspiracy theories, was: RE: Satoshi

[spike at rainier66.com]

...> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] conspiracy theories, was: RE: Satoshi

On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>... Dr. Fauci holds a blanket presidential pardon, yet when called upon to testify before congress, he pled the fifth amendment...  Think about that for a full minute, or if you are busy, a full ten seconds.

>...His pardon was only for past actions, as such pardons are.  The congressional inquiry was explicitly an attempt to get him to incriminate himself in some new way.  He has the right to not do that.
Contempt of Congress charges are being considered but appear unlikely to pass a full vote - and if they don't, then it wasn't contempt....

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Right on everything Adrian, I agree: Dr. Fauci will take the relatively low risk of a charge of contempt of congress rather than tell the truth about what really happened, about which he cannot be charged.  He won't tell us.

In his position, I completely understand.  Hell, I too hold congress in contempt, probably more than he does.  But I suspect Dr. Fauci as well: I want to know if he pressured scientists with doubts about the natural origin theory to get lost or keep quiet.  I think he did that.  I think he also suppressed the scientific community's doubts regarding the risk and the efficacy of the vaccine, for I think he did that too.   The Science wasn't really settled, it still isn't.  That possible suppression of doubt had far-reaching consequences, which are with us to this day.

My burning curiosity is not any personal vendetta against Dr. Fauci or any political take, for I never saw any reason why positions on a pandemic should ever have developed a political polarization, any more than I can understand why AI advancement should have the political polarization we see developing (any ideas on why AI opposition seems to be popular with one side of the political spectrum more than the other?)  I admit the whole notion of compelling people to take the mRNA vaccine goes against my libertarian nature, way against.  Government does not have the authority to do that, and cannot be given that authority, regardless, ever, for any reason, no exceptions full stop.  

I do want to know more about why the natural origin of covid theory was pushed so hard, and why The Science was so certain the vaccine would work, or would work better than it did.  We aughta be able to discuss that matter without involving politics one would think.

spike