Re: Evolutionary fix of mosquitos

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Mon Jul 14 2003 - 11:14:17 MDT

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    On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 11:44:04PM -0700, Spike wrote:
    > Damien Broderick:
    > What some people seem not to have noticed is that Anders' suggestion
    > requires that you *don't* kill the ones that fall for the trap; you
    > sterilize them and send them on their way, presumably on the grounds
    > that mozzies might serve a host of ecologically significant functions,
    > so it's not wise to just exterminate them all and let god sort them out.
    > Just breed a dominant clade that dislikes human smells and blood.
    >
    > Of course, this solution might be interpreted by
    > some misguided souls as cruelty to animals. spike

    Sure. Childless mosquito couples are a tragedy, much worse than
    killed mosquitos. But mosquito scientists are working on in vitro
    hatching.

    I just realized that the biggest fault in my scheme is that I
    actually have to let the mosquitos bite me and escape unscatched
    for it to work! Talk about cruelty to animals - me! They are
    violating my self-ownership! My blood is mine! All mine! :-)
     

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