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If we managed to eliminate mosquitos, malaria would go with it, just as it has in many developed nations. Afterward, we could reintroduce mosquitos without near
by ianferrel 16y ago
If we managed to eliminate mosquitos, malaria would go with it, just as it has in many developed nations. Afterward, we could reintroduce mosquitos without nearly the risk of malaria we have now.
I'm not sure how true that is of other diseases for which mosquitos are a vector.
- chroma 16y agoThe purpose of the reversal test is to eliminate status quo bias, not actually pretend the situation is true and offer better solutions. http://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/statusquo.pdf http://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/statusquo.pdf explains it better than I can (around page 9).