Yesterday I wrote about what I've called an Oedipus Trap: a situation where it would be so psychologically devastating to discover that you'd made a mistake--even completely innocently--that you will do everything in your power to avoid recognizing it. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…
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One sign that you're caught in an Oedipus Trap: instead of defending your beliefs or actions, you lash out at anyone who asks even the gentlest questions. Because answering means addressing the possibility you're wrong, which is psychologically unbearable even to contemplate.
@asymmetricinfo This may explain the hostility of Peter Daszak and certain virologists to the likelihood Sars-CoV-2 arose from gain-of-function research. usrtk.org/covid-19-origi…