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I'm the only one not comfortable with the idea of wiping whole species just because we don't like them? I mean, I'm far fromthe Gaia thing, but what rights do w

I'm the only one not comfortable with the idea of wiping whole species just because we don't like them? I mean, I'm far fromthe Gaia thing, but what rights do we have to do that? And next? Rats, cockroaches? Hey, this specie of birds doesn't do anything useful and eat our fruits, why not killing them all? Mosquitoes aren't even "responsible" for those diseases... Maybe we should invest in proactive body defenses against virus instead of just killing some random things. Even if we just kill those mosquitoes species you know what? Nature evolves. Other mosquitoes and viruses will come. Do we kill them too?

nemothekid 10y ago
>just because we don't like them? It's bit stronger than "we don't like them" >Maybe we should invest in proactive body defenses against virus instead of just killing some random things. Invest more than the billions that billions that Bill Gates has already invested?
- MrArtichaut 10y ago
  And do you think Bill Gates would approve killing whole species ? I honestly don't known but he seems to be a very clever guy and eradicating species doesn't sound to be a clever solution and really not a good long term solution. What if you break a whole ecosystem ? What if those mosquitoes contain invaluable genes for future medicine? What if they offer a unique window on the evolution of insects? But hey, who care? Kill them all..
  - maxerickson 10y ago
    The Gates foundation funds efforts to eradicate polio and malaria. He's written about it: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Eradicating-Malaria-in-a-Generation https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Eradicating-Malaria-in-a-G...
  - nemothekid 10y ago
    >And do you think Bill Gates would approve killing whole species ? Yes, and in fact he's done the research, written about it and ultimately it may have been his investments that led to this conclusion. Or we can just let hundreds of thousands continue to die because they might magically contain the cure to cancer in the future.
sportanova 10y ago
> Instead of just killing random things There's nothing random about it, they're the transmitters. Should we also be against antibiotics? It's just random bacteria. > Nature evolves. Other mosquitoes and viruses will come Guess we should have left polio to it's own ends. And all vaccines are disrupting the natural order of things. Best not worry about any of it because there will always be another disease
dunstad 10y ago
Humans do not like seeing their family and friends die. The motivational force to prevent that from happening is very strong. Ultimately, that's why we're killing the mosquitos.

nemothekid 10y ago

>just because we don't like them? It's bit stronger than "we don't like them" >Maybe we should invest in proactive body defenses against virus instead of just killing some random things. Invest more than the billions that billions that Bill Gates has already invested?

MrArtichaut 10y ago
And do you think Bill Gates would approve killing whole species ? I honestly don't known but he seems to be a very clever guy and eradicating species doesn't sound to be a clever solution and really not a good long term solution. What if you break a whole ecosystem ? What if those mosquitoes contain invaluable genes for future medicine? What if they offer a unique window on the evolution of insects? But hey, who care? Kill them all..
- maxerickson 10y ago
  The Gates foundation funds efforts to eradicate polio and malaria. He's written about it: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Eradicating-Malaria-in-a-Generation https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Eradicating-Malaria-in-a-G...
- nemothekid 10y ago
  >And do you think Bill Gates would approve killing whole species ? Yes, and in fact he's done the research, written about it and ultimately it may have been his investments that led to this conclusion. Or we can just let hundreds of thousands continue to die because they might magically contain the cure to cancer in the future.

sportanova 10y ago

> Instead of just killing random things There's nothing random about it, they're the transmitters. Should we also be against antibiotics? It's just random bacteria. > Nature evolves. Other mosquitoes and viruses will come Guess we should have left polio to it's own ends. And all vaccines are disrupting the natural order of things. Best not worry about any of it because there will always be another disease

dunstad 10y ago

Humans do not like seeing their family and friends die. The motivational force to prevent that from happening is very strong. Ultimately, that's why we're killing the mosquitos.