[ExI] Gene Drive and morality

[J.R. Jones]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 11:13 John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 10:48 AM William Flynn Wallace <
> foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >I just have one question about the mosquitoes:  what species will go
>> extinct if all the mosquitoes disappear?
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> A male mosquito will normally not mate with a female of a different
> species and even if they do it will not produce viable offspring, if they
> did then it wouldn't be a different species because that is the very
> definition of a species. There are about 3500 species of mosquitoes but
> only 40 carry malaria.
>
>  John K Clark
>

I believe he meant, what species outside mosquitos... An unintended
consequence...

Plankton extinction killing off whales kinda thing


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>> bill
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>> 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 Of *John Clark
>>>
>>> *Subject:* [ExI] Gene Drive and morality
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >… 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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>>> spike
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