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I think the point is that every generation thinks they're smart enough to wield the powers of the day. Humans have been wrong many, many times about that presum
by awb 6y ago
I think the point is that every generation thinks they're smart enough to wield the powers of the day. Humans have been wrong many, many times about that presumption.
We can't look into the future to realize how much or little we actually know right now. You can only look back and remark on how foolish people were a few decades or centuries ago.
- ceejayoz 6y agoAre there any elements of human progress that don't carry this risk?
- awb 6y agoNo, I suppose not. But it just sets off warning bells when someone says there's "no risk" in an endeavor that hasn't been tried before. The only way to "undo" this I can think of is to introduce large enough swarms of natural mosquitos to overwhelm the population of GMO mosquitos. Now, you're worse off than before. So fingers crossed that it works. It'll be a great achievement though if it does.