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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it unethical to make smallpox go extinct?

[–] Just_A_Human@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess we humans have a different code of ethics for diseases and bacteria... Team DNA mixing vs team DNA cloning... A fight as old as life itself

[–] ultimate_question@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Team preoccupied with whether or not they can vs team thinking if they should

[–] explodicle@local106.com 1 points 1 year ago

Which team isn't thinking whether or not they should? The "because malaria" team or the "because they're a species" team?