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0 pointsgehwartzen2y ago0 comments

long life riddled with parasites or somewhat shorter life sans parasites. I feel like they would be cool with it

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smt882y ago

Mosquitoes aren't affected by dengue. It's a human disease.

Even if they were affected by it, they don't feel pain or have emotions, so they'd "choose" to live longer.

Smoosh2y ago

> they don't feel pain

Really?

> We found “strong evidence” for pain experiences in adults of two orders, Diptera (flies and mosquitoes) and Blattodea (cockroaches and termites).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00652...

smt882y ago

Reacting to harm is not the same as suffering. As far as we know, suffering requires nerves and cognition that mosquitoes don't have (not even close).

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lisper2y ago

They would choose to live longer in the same sense that water chooses to flow downhill.

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smt882y ago

Mosquitoes aren't affected by dengue. It's a human disease.

Even if they were affected by it, they don't feel pain or have emotions, so they'd "choose" to live longer.

Smoosh2y ago

> they don't feel pain

Really?

> We found “strong evidence” for pain experiences in adults of two orders, Diptera (flies and mosquitoes) and Blattodea (cockroaches and termites).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00652...

smt882y ago

Reacting to harm is not the same as suffering. As far as we know, suffering requires nerves and cognition that mosquitoes don't have (not even close).

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lisper2y ago

They would choose to live longer in the same sense that water chooses to flow downhill.

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