On: Two billion genetically modified mosquitos are about to be released in the US

[inkeddeveloper]

It’s all about balance. If someone had killed Hitler, would something worse had taken his place? Or, how about in Australia where a fence was constructed to keep dingos out of the south. But dingos are a predator to kangaroos so the kangaroo population increased and now they are overpopulated. Butterfly effect kind of thing.

[smt88 → inkeddeveloper]

But these mosquitoes are:

1) invasive in North America, so they already took something native's place;

2) not going to be eradicated;

3) not the only mosquitoes in their habitats

On top of that, the testing of this technique has gone well multiple times in the past.

[JumpCrisscross → inkeddeveloper]

> If someone had killed Hitler, would something worse had taken his place?

Unlike Hitler, there are countless mosquitoes. That enabled scientists to do controlled experiments. (Something the Australians didn't do with the dingo fencing, either.) I don't have a strong opinion on this measure. But before supporting or criticizing it, I would at least glance at that evidence.