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Similarly to mosquitoes, bedbugs serve no nessesary propose in the food chain that couldn't be immediately fulfilled and replaced over-night. Bedbugs could inde

Similarly to mosquitoes, bedbugs serve no nessesary propose in the food chain that couldn't be immediately fulfilled and replaced over-night. Bedbugs could indeed be "erased".

rab_oof 12y ago
Interestingly, all life and "life" (virii, prions) serve the purpose of increasing entropy of the universe faster. But from an anthropocentric perspective, they're as useful as cancer.
- ommunist 12y ago
  You are starting to get it. Examining "life" from antropocentric perspective could be very misleading. Especially when humans are getting practical means of decreasing biodiversity by erasing species. Even if these are bedbugs. Imagine anti-cancer treatment from some bedbug spit. Could be useful. But once you erased bugs, there will be no one.
  - rab_oof 12y ago
    Homo sapiens sapiens inadvertently or deliberately kill every creature to extinction that isn't cute... Hence dodo and river dolphins (baiji / 白鱀豚). Not to mention the multibillion dollar hocus pocus trades in ivory and other rare animal parts. Stupidity is the default condition, wisdom takes thinking ahead.
    - ommunist 12y ago
      Problem is, humans are not the first intelligent species on this planet. Others are only tolerating us, and I do not know to what threshold.
ommunist 12y ago
You are not a biologist and your mistake is obvious. Mosqitoes larvae are extremely important part of the food chain, especially in lake and river ecosystems. When it comes to bedbugs, the answer is not that obvious. I do not understand people downvoting me. Had they read something about evolution? Bedbugs and humans successfully co-existed for thousands of years. There may be some important perk we shall all miss if we'll just erase them. We just do not know it yet.
- mikeyouse 12y ago
  > Mosqitoes larvae are extremely important part of the food chain, especially in lake and river ecosystems. This is less certain that you're letting on; http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html > There may be some important perk we shall all miss if we'll just erase them. We just do not know it yet. Probably true, but I'd argue whatever it is, it would be better to eliminate mosquitoes and save millions of lives annually if we had the capability.

Similarly to mosquitoes, bedbugs serve no nessesary propose in the food chain that couldn't be immediately fulfilled and replaced over-night. Bedbugs could indeed be "erased".

rab_oof 12y ago

Interestingly, all life and "life" (virii, prions) serve the purpose of increasing entropy of the universe faster. But from an anthropocentric perspective, they're as useful as cancer.

ommunist 12y ago
You are starting to get it. Examining "life" from antropocentric perspective could be very misleading. Especially when humans are getting practical means of decreasing biodiversity by erasing species. Even if these are bedbugs. Imagine anti-cancer treatment from some bedbug spit. Could be useful. But once you erased bugs, there will be no one.
- rab_oof 12y ago
  Homo sapiens sapiens inadvertently or deliberately kill every creature to extinction that isn't cute... Hence dodo and river dolphins (baiji / 白鱀豚). Not to mention the multibillion dollar hocus pocus trades in ivory and other rare animal parts. Stupidity is the default condition, wisdom takes thinking ahead.
  - ommunist 12y ago
    Problem is, humans are not the first intelligent species on this planet. Others are only tolerating us, and I do not know to what threshold.

ommunist 12y ago

You are not a biologist and your mistake is obvious. Mosqitoes larvae are extremely important part of the food chain, especially in lake and river ecosystems. When it comes to bedbugs, the answer is not that obvious. I do not understand people downvoting me. Had they read something about evolution? Bedbugs and humans successfully co-existed for thousands of years. There may be some important perk we shall all miss if we'll just erase them. We just do not know it yet.

mikeyouse 12y ago
> Mosqitoes larvae are extremely important part of the food chain, especially in lake and river ecosystems. This is less certain that you're letting on; http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html > There may be some important perk we shall all miss if we'll just erase them. We just do not know it yet. Probably true, but I'd argue whatever it is, it would be better to eliminate mosquitoes and save millions of lives annually if we had the capability.