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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:25 AM Original message |
Concerns Are Raised About Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Not much actually. The modification is very much self limiting. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 04:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Right. And of course scientists have EVERYTHING figured out |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Sure you wouldn't be more comfortable over with Bachman et. al? |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. why don't you explain why instead of starting in with personal attacks? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. People do that when they are stumped by opponents. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. No. This people does that when he sees knee jerk anti-science responses. /nt |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 05:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. People do not trust scientist... |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. And for good reason. Science today is about funding and truth is |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. No it is not! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 05:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Kill all mosquitoes, and what happens to the species that prey on them? |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Not all. Specifically those species which carry the nastier pathogens. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Bats eat very, very few mosquitoes |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. The swarms of mosquitoes at the community garden I use keep people |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Wouldn't it be better to put up a fence?....n/t |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. "Smoking is good for you." "The landfill will never leak." "Lead paint poses no hazard." |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. +1000 |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. +1001. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Scientists prooved/demonstrated most of those evils. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Scientists are people who have the same foibles and weaknesses as everybody else. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. The nature of scientific endeavour does not support that sort of self deception. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Are insults "scientific"? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. I don't think that anyone is upset with science in and of itself |
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UnrepentantLiberal (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. Until they mutate into a mosquitoe with a bite that is fatal to humans. |
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TheeHazelnut (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. could this hurt the animals the eat mosquitoes -- food chain?! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. My thoughts exactly |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. Since the offspring don't reach adult stage |
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BadGimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is some scarry shit |
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a simple pattern (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. So resistance to the engineered gene will automatically be selected for? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. No |
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a simple pattern (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. The possibility of resistance was mentioned in the article. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. So resistance to the engineered gene will automatically be futile, is what I |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. Unforseen consequences: the possibilities are endless. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. Terrific! These kind of things ALWAYS go exactly as planned! |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. Oh yes by all means do not consider ramifications of this insanity |
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Little Tich (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. Wolbachia study reveals novel approaches to control insects transmitting deadly diseases |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
37. Stop this insanity! nt |
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