[ExI] Gene Drive and morality

[William Flynn Wallace]

I just have one question about the mosquitoes:  what species will go
extinct if all the mosquitoes disappear?

bill

On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 9:27 AM, <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
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> *Subject:* [ExI] Gene Drive and morality
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> >… biologists have found a way to make mosquitoes go extinct using CRISPR…:
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> https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4245
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> >… It would be illegal to release that mosquito into the wild… self styled
> guardians of morality are already calling for a moratorium on the use of
> this … If that's morality then I'm proud to be immoral.
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>  >…John K Clark
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> If any lab anywhere finds this, there is no way to stop it using legal
> means.  Anyone working at that lab could come to the same decision you (and
> I) did, then secretly release them.  There would be no way to prove
> whodunnit and even if you somehow got a confession, I doubt anything
> serious would come of it.  They will get loose.
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> Let’s hope for the best, with confidence in this particular case.
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