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> One is not going to be able to engineer a dangerous plague that will wipe out the human race in one shot. I believe that what you said is true, plus we coul
by _lce0 12y ago
> One is not going to be able to engineer a dangerous plague that will wipe out the human race in one shot.
I believe that what you said is true, plus we could say that the fact that we haven't been exterminated with a plague makes us not so much experienced (as a race) on how detect whenever such situation will lead to being wiped out
I feel that HIV/AIDS is our only experience, at least that I'm aware of
- yellowapple 12y agoWe haven't been eradicated before, no, but battles with things like bubonic plague and smallpox and polio (and, yes, HIV/AIDS) are likely to be good case studies for such a scenario. Bubonic plague and smallpox in particular were pretty devastating to the populations they affected.