Designing pandemic-evading viruses needs physical-world iteration, not a datacenter
DavidRBellamy · x · 2026-09-14
Continuing his thread, the author argues that designing a virus able to evade all forms of pandemic counterdefense is beyond a 'genius in a datacenter' — it requires contact with the physical world and iterative experimentation.
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