That is why I said "only controlled by selection", specifically to make that distinction.
OK, well, its not identical then, is it? Generally speaking, when man is controlling something, its not regarded as a natural process.
The fact is this could be done in a way to make it impossible to know for sure if it was done in a lab or done in nature.
I'm not so sure about that. I know enough about the issue to understand that I can't know that for sure, one way or the other. I also see no reason to cling to a 1% possibility that something _could have_ happened instead of the remaining 99% that it didn't.
So your argument is naturally occurring viruses can not be sampled, cultured, and then intentionally released? What?
No, I never said that. I just think its highly unlikely, given the complete lack of evidence that it was, and the overwhelming amount of evidence that it wasn't.