XFrequentist comments on Fighting Mosquitos - Less Wrong

17 Post author: ChristianKl 16 October 2014 11:53AM

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Comment author: satt 16 October 2014 10:58:47PM 10 points [-]

Eradicating any organism would have serious consequences for ecosystems — wouldn’t it? Not when it comes to mosquitoes, finds Janet Fang.

— "A world without mosquitoes"

(Louie links that in his post, but it's only one link out of 14, so I am rescuing it.)

Comment author: XFrequentist 25 November 2014 03:20:26PM 1 point [-]

Just some epistemic hygiene: Janet Fang is a journalist, this quote is from a (good) non-scientific article, and the basis for this statement is a collection of (mostly expert) opinions.

I happen to share this opinion, but I don't think this quote should be given very much weight in anyone's risk evaluation.