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I think he's more concerned about not conceding is original point wasn't thought through; so rather than losing face, he advocates mass extinction of human bein

I think he's more concerned about not conceding is original point wasn't thought through; so rather than losing face, he advocates mass extinction of human beings, over mass extinction of a tiny number of mosquitoes. That sort of trading genocide for one's own ego is Maoist and Stalinist, and it is really no different from their thought processes. Thankfully though stable political systems marginalize low-rank people like this. (Thus, be very afraid of revolutions).

JackCh 8y ago
> "he advocates mass extinction of human beings" Far from it, this is not even remotely a possibility. Mosquitoes are not threatening humanity with extinction in any conceivable way. As I stated elsewhere in this thread yesterday, if humanity were actually threatened by mosquitoes, I would support their eradication.
dang 8y ago
Would you please stop using HN for ideological battle? This is a significant step to the worse in what was already a terrible subthread. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html