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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 8326104" data-attributes="member: 6801286">I'm not sure if any of you watch the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. But Jon Stewart made an appearance a few weeks ago, where he started spreading conspiracy theories about covid being created in a lab. As much as I enjoy him as a comedian, it was painful to watch, and full of fallacies. But I fear his comedic rant is easily accepted by a gullible audience. We don't need more of this right now. It is especially surprising coming from him. I thought he was smarter than that.For those of you who missed it. He basically said that it can't be a coincidence that covid arose in the same region as a Chinese covid lab. Thus supporting the conspiracy theory that covid was created in a Chinese lab. He compared it to a chocolate spill happening near a chocolate factory.Of course the fallacies here are obvious. Just because there are a lot of whale-watching tourists near a bunch of whales, does not mean tourists caused the whales to appear. Obviously you would put a lab to study covid variants, in a location where covid is often found. Plus there are many kinds of covid. Just because someone is studying tigers, does not mean they are responsible when there is a sudden series of panther attacks in the same region.As of yet Jon Stewart has not apologised for his ill informed and dangerous rant. At least, as far as I know.</blockquote>