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So the problem is the state of the third world. No mosquitoes. Let's fix that instead of killing things. Especially since we are mostly responsible.
by sametmax 9y ago
So the problem is the state of the third world. No mosquitoes. Let's fix that instead of killing things. Especially since we are mostly responsible.
- learc83 9y agoWhy should we eradicate malaria? Or small pox? Surely they've had just as much impact on the world's ecosystem as mosquitoes.
- sametmax 9y agoWe don't eradicate them. We just prevent us from being sick, it's a local action. We are not actively mass killing it. If you can't see the difference between defence and offence, local area of effect and genocide...
- learc83 9y ago>We are not actively killing it. What do you think a person's immune system does to smallpox when they have been inoculated against smallpox and they are exposed to it? We're not actively killing mosquitoes just preventing them from breeding.
- saulrh 9y agoIf you know of a proposal for solving the third world that's as cheap, fast, effective, reliable, and safe as - that has comparable expected value to - killing human-biting malaria-carrying mosquitoes, that's great! Please, PLEASE share it and work toward its execution! Me, I say kill the mosquitoes. (Although, honestly, even if you did have such a plan, I'd still say kill the mosquitoes in addition: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15665373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15665373)
- sametmax 9y ago> cheap, fast, effective, reliable, and safe You can only maybe guaranty fast. And the unknown is huge on this one. Just like the potential horrible consequences. The way you talk scares me a lot. I feel like I'm in front of the stereotypical american gun owner in tv shows.