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