rstraker
rstraker t1_ivic3w3 wrote
Reply to comment by GreenStrong in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh
Getting rid of em makes it easier to cut up the topical rainforests of the world. Make progress. Get the non-immune European colonialists in there. The greater good.
rstraker t1_ivibbwn wrote
Reply to English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh
“But no one and no thing has done more to delay this catastrophe [rainforest destruction], over the past 10,000 years, than the mosquito.”
— From ‘sympathy for the devil’ a short essay I recommend.
(Scroll down past mosquito biology if not interesting to you): https://publicism.info/nature/sidelong/3.html
rstraker t1_j0knbsk wrote
Reply to What Plato Would Say About ChatGPT: Zeynep Tufekci argues that A.I. can be a learning tool for schools with enough teachers and resources to use it well. (The New York Times) by darrenjyc
Let the humans ask the questions, let the bots answer them. As god intended.