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morganism comments on Now is the time to eliminate mosquitoes - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: morganism 05 September 2016 11:37:14PM 1 point [-]

I didn't know there was even a group out there taking the discussion to it's limits, Interesting read.

"What principle(s) should govern our stewardship of the rest of the living world? How many of the traditional horrors of "Nature, red in tooth and claw" should we promote and perpetuate? Alternatively, insofar we want to preserve traditional forms of Darwinian life, should we aim for an ethic of compassionate stewardship instead. Cognitively, nonhuman animals are akin to small children. They need caring for as such."

http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-radical-plan-to-eliminate-earths-predatory-species-1613342963

"I look forward to a future where all sentient beings enjoy life animated by gradients of bliss"