This is as sad as watching the Terminator try to kill people with a broken gun. Alexa, play “in the arms of the angels”
Horrors We've Unleashed
Submitted 7 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 7 months ago
nednobbins@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I get the feeling of discomfort but it’s basically the same feeling we get when someone breaks a pencil
There is no evidence that a mosquito is capable of feeling the kind of despair or horror that a human would feel in a similar situation. It’s unlikely that mosquitos can form emotions at all.
At the same time, a huge portion of human-animal interactions involve the human controlling the animal in ways that they animal can’t even comprehend. A dog has no idea you’re doing operant conditioning to change their behavior. Pigs have no idea they’re being fed just so they and their children can be eaten.
The only way to avoid this kind of thing is to turn off your big human brain and go back to ape tier. We might need to go farther down the tier list than that though en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War
yesman@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I had a fruit fly problem over the summer and felt guilty about the cruelty of the glue traps. But when it comes to mosquitos, roaches, and wasps, I’m Hitler. I would favor genetic alterations that expanded their capacity for suffering.
thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I can’t believe i’m saying this, but… I think mosquitos don’t deserve this. There’s basically no life form that deserves our cruelty more than mosquitoes, but this is too cruel.
Swallowtail@beehaw.org 7 months ago
I’m having a hard time actually finding a source for this. Just a few poorly written articles that basically cite this video as a source. Something this potentially impactful seems like it would make the rounds more, so I’m very skeptical.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 7 months ago
Arfman@aussie.zone 7 months ago
I saw this posted on Twitter and the community notes said the person’s skin was too thick and it’s a normal mosquito.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 months ago
One day we will be Gods
Fleur_@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Who knew this whole time I was team mossie
LordGimp@lemm.ee 7 months ago
This is what vegans want. They want to take your virile bloodsucking proboscus and replace it with a limp dick fruit licker.
BAN ALL VEGANS
(Small /s)
bluewing@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It’s a nice idea. But I wonder what the long term ramifications might be. What ripple effects might happen that we can’t see today that end up being problems in the future.
Human history is littered with such problems.
letsgo@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yeah but those little bastards started it. People call what’s happening in Gaza a genocide but that’s nothing compared with the mozzie kill count.
Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Horrible and unethical idea: We modify the mosquito to strongly prefer the blood of some specific animal species. Said species will then be raised in captivity only for it to be sacrificed to the mosquitos. This way they get to procreate and spread the modified gene to new generations, and keep them alive for the ecosystem to feed on.
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 7 months ago
“sir, there’s been a complication…it seems the mosquitoes with our gene are dying off in water ways and directly polluting the waters…humans may never be erect again.”
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Why making them flacid instead of just killing them?
Most species are invasive and not part of the natursl ecosystem of most places anyway.
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 7 months ago
The idea is to introduce this genetic expression into wild mosquito populations. That way, the inevitable act of mosquito reproduction lowers the next generation’s population size.
Flyberius@hexbear.net 7 months ago
Surely this won’t have any knock on effects with the food chain…