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Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 20 August 2016 08:44:02AM *  2 points [-]

Is it a good idea to leave alive mosquitos that don't bite humans?

Killing all mosquitoes would be way too likely to have seriously bad unintended consequences IMO.

Comment author: The_Jaded_One 20 August 2016 10:29:02PM 1 point [-]

It would be something that I'd like to ask an expert about, but I think it's worth considering.

More generally: the ecosystem we have today is almost certainly not the best one we could possibly have. Therefore there may be feasible positive changes we can make to it.

Comment author: Lumifer 21 August 2016 12:38:01AM 1 point [-]

Define "best".

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