“Dr Kristian Andersen, a Danish evolutionary biologist, co-authored a now-notorious research paper published in March 2020 that denounced the origin scenario as a conspiracy theory and xenophobic.”
“the scientists involved claim they changed their minds between sending the messages and writing the paper.”
Ergo, a sound conclusion became a “conspiracy theory” and “xenophobic”, at the exact moment that these arbiters of truth changed their minds.
Nothing like a backbone and convictions... /sarc
Scariest part is realizing that Dr Anderson hasn’t even seen “hypothesis” in print. (Not “hypothesus.”) It’s not just a spelling error. Hypothesus looks wrong and shows a lack of familiarity with the roots.