Alec Hogg: Zweli Mkhize’s rational response

In my career of professional observation, it has become evident that most of us initially reject information which challenges our worldview. Only after repeated exposure do we open up to any adjustment of preconceptions. To guard against this hard-wired defect, I remind myself of Herbert Spencer's wise words republished in the graphic above from Forbes Quotes. Two examples are referenced in today's note…

• First is the growing credibility of a theory that the Covid-19 virus escaped from a Wuhan Institute of Virology laboratory a critical theory rather than being transmitted from a primitive "wet market". This morning's comment by the Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal joins the dots. It is republished below. Also, what was first dismissed as a Trump Fantasy is being taken seriously by his successor to sanction an official investigation with a 90 day deadline. A reminder of how we sapiens need beware of "contempt prior to examination".

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