Podcast Alpha(@PodcastAlphaX):An advocate does not get to grade whether the thing they advocated for caused a catastrophe. Bill Gurley @bgurley applies that rule to five named COVID experts. At Jason Calacanis's @Jason All-In Summit, Gurley pointed to Fauci's 2011 Washington Post op-ed arguing gain-of-function research's "pros outweigh the cons," then argued that sentence alone, on the record before COVID existed, made real impartiality about a lab origin impossible for him. His comparison: a juror gets struck for far less bias than believing your own past advocacy might have caused 15 million deaths. The disqualifying fact was never what someone concluded after the fact. It's what they were already on record wanting to be true beforehand. Podcast Alpha's newsletter has the full case Gurley builds against all five experts he names, and the document he says undercuts them. https://t.co/6jrdmys3ba Source: All-In Podcast -

2026.09.19 22:57

An advocate does not get to grade whether the thing they advocated for caused a catastrophe. Bill Gurley @bgurley applies that rule to five named COVID experts. At Jason Calacanis's @Jason All-In Summit, Gurley pointed to Fauci's 2011 Washington Post op-ed arguing gain-of-function research's "pros outweigh the cons," then argued that sentence alone, on the record before COVID existed, made real impartiality about a lab origin impossible for him. His comparison: a juror gets struck for far less bias than believing your own past advocacy might have caused 15 million deaths. The disqualifying fact was never what someone concluded after the fact. It's what they were already on record wanting to be true beforehand. Podcast Alpha's newsletter has the full case Gurley builds against all five experts he names, and the document he says undercuts them. Source: All-In Podcast -

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2026.09.19 01:55

How do you investigate a catastrophe 3,000 times bigger than the last five combined? Bill Gurley @bgurley answered with a line from Richard Feynman. At Jason Calacanis's @Jason All-In Summit, Gurley sized COVID-19 at 15 million deaths against roughly 5,000 combined for Surfside, the 737 MAX, Katrina, Fukushima and Challenger. Then he recalled Feynman on the Challenger panel, told once to soften his tone, replying: "But seven people died." Gurley's question back to the room: if seven deaths justified dropping the niceties then, what does 15 million justify now? The size of a catastrophe should set the limit on how much anyone gets to protect an institution's comfort while investigating it. That limit moves with the death count, not with who's uncomfortable answering. Podcast Alpha's newsletter breaks down every number behind Gurley's 3,000x comparison and what it leaves out. Source: All-In Podcast -

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