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> it wouldn’t actually be a big problem like some say Well this is the law of unintended consequences in action. Many people don't think it will have any negat
by nkozyra 6y ago
> it wouldn’t actually be a big problem like some say
Well this is the law of unintended consequences in action. Many people don't think it will have any negative effect but we don't know. Nature is extraordinarily complex and disrupting it in such a huge way almost always carries knock-on impact.
- smabie 6y agoSaying we are too stupid to ever know anything is a pretty anti-scientific attitude. Maybe global warming is gonna make the world so much better, after all, we don't really know anything. It's impossible to actually live your life if you just throw your hands up and say "we don't know". What we do know is that mosquitos have killed more humans than probably anything else ever. Shouldn't that be impetus enough to actually do something about it? Of course, the problem is made worse by the fact that the people who are advocating against doing anything aren't the people that mosquitos are killing. If you knew a lot of people who had died from Malaria, you might be singing a different tune.
- nkozyra 6y ago> Saying we are too stupid to ever know anything is a pretty anti-scientific attitude. It's also a straw man. I didn't say we're "too stupid" to "ever know anything." So let's at least engage in good faith. Should we "do something?" Sure. And we have, for centuries. Did you miss anti malarial drugs, physical detriments and mitigations? "Advocating against doing anything" is another gross straw man argument.
- pnako 6y agoYes, and? It's not going to change the orbits of planets. Ecosystems will have to adapt to mosquitoes disappearing, like they did when countless other species disappeared.