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Horrors We've Unleashed (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

There have been extensive studies done on the topic already, the planet does not need mosquitos.

https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-mosquitoes-went-extinct.htm

https://www.nicd.ac.za/what-would-happen-if-all-the-mosquitoes-in-the-world-disappeared/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yes I know. And maybe those studies are fully correct. I certainly have no way to cross check them. So you and I must take them at face value.

But even science will tell you that you should have at least some skepticism of such studies. Because it always seems like we miss some tiny important detail that only reveals it's self later as we refine our knowledge on a subject.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I am all for eradicating the mosquito pest but there is no way a study is going to cover all possible impacts of removing them from existence. Anyone claiming to do so is just drunk on hubris.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The amount of ecologically horrifying acts that our species has already done, I'd be willing to add "got rid of mosquitos" to the pile.

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