“Why Scientists Love Chasing Bats. The threat to humans from animal viruses is small. The financial incentive to pretend otherwise is large”/ WSJ

Commonly known as “name-calling,” an ad hominem attack “shoots the messenger” in order to deflect from the substance of an issue. It generally means that a criticism of one’s character has been made, rather than a criticism of the issue. Name calling, or the ad hominem attack, is perhaps the most well-known and easy to identify…