Let's Kill All the Mosquitoes

Re:Let's Kill All the Mosquitoes by harperlee on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @02:15PM (#11536494)

I was reminded by your post of Chesterton's fence: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fen...

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Re:Let's Kill All the Mosquitoes by Rylinks on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @04:51PM (#11537655)

Chesterton's fence applies to things that are built with a purpose. Natural evolution does not meet this criteria; mosquitoes are more like Chesterton's Fallen Tree.

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Re:Let's Kill All the Mosquitoes by nine_k on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @02:37PM (#11536670)

If the fence would be e.g. electrocuting hundreds of thousands of humans a year, maybe the depth of the due diligence could be somehow limited.

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