dohboi wrote:"mosquitos aren't humans"
No, they aren't. But a gene is a gene...
Newfie wrote:So is eliminating malaria a good thing or a bad thing? Less malaria means more humans means more starvation. Ugly arguments.
1. Gene replacement therapy starts with scientists creating a new, working copy of a missing or faulty gene.
2. Then the new gene is placed inside a vector. A vector acts like an envelope. It carries the gene to the right places throughout the body.
3. A vector can be created by making changes to a naturally occurring virus. A virus is selected as a vector because of its ability to enter the body. One such virus, called an adeno-associated virus, or AAV, is used because it is not known to cause sickness in people.
4. Next, the vector enters the body and carries the new gene to the control center of the cells, also known as the nucleus.
5. Once inside the nucleus, the new gene tells the body how to make the protein it needs. Finally, the rest of the vector is broken down by the body.
dohboi wrote:Ever heard of gene replacement therapy? https://www.exploregenetherapy.com/abou ... nt-therapy1. Gene replacement therapy starts with scientists creating a new, working copy of a missing or faulty gene.
2. Then the new gene is placed inside a vector. A vector acts like an envelope. It carries the gene to the right places throughout the body.
3. A vector can be created by making changes to a naturally occurring virus. A virus is selected as a vector because of its ability to enter the body. One such virus, called an adeno-associated virus, or AAV, is used because it is not known to cause sickness in people.
4. Next, the vector enters the body and carries the new gene to the control center of the cells, also known as the nucleus.
5. Once inside the nucleus, the new gene tells the body how to make the protein it needs. Finally, the rest of the vector is broken down by the body.
Ibon wrote:I now have second thoughts on gene therapy to solve human overshoot. Dwarfing is the intentional breeding of dwarf versions of animals. We do this with dogs and horses. Why not use gene therapy to do this to humans, bringing the average size of humans down to say 2 feet tall and weighing no more than 30 pounds. Calorie intake would be greatly reduced. Mass transit and airplanes could handle thousands of passengers. Housing and automobiles could be made at a fraction of their current size.
Our species ecological foot print would be greatly reduced.
That's it. The solution to all our problems.
Ibon wrote:Why mess with genes when we already have the masses socialized exactly where governments, corporations and religions want them. These macro institutions have already mastered the socialization of the masses to do their bidding. We don't need gene therapy.
It is actually in many ways better to have a dumbed down compliant masses who go blindly to work and ask for so little out of life. They leave a lot of room for the rest of us.
dohboi wrote:Isn't Homo Floresiensis ("hobbit") reputed to have too small a skull for a modern human brain, yet still seems to have had about the same range of abilities (control of fire, complex tool making...) of other larger Homo species of the time? Something of a mystery, as I recall.
But of course, even tiny people can manage to use up enormous resources, if they choose to jet around the globe constantly and drive big humvees. Hey, maybe Plant is really a Hobbit after all!!![]()
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The alarming increase is the estimate from a German foundation that monitors populations. It also suggests the 8 billion mark will be reached in the year 2023.
The estimate gauges that the world's population will have increased by 83 million since January 1 2019, which equates to roughly the number of inhabitants in Germany.
The globe's population is increasing at the rate of 156 every minute and Germany's Foundation for World Population (DSW) predict the 8 billion mark will be surpassed within four years.
The foundation also predicts that Africa's population will double over the next 20 years. An African mother bears 4.4 children on average compared to the global average of 2.4.
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A government leader in Nigeria says his nation's growing population is more of a liability than an asset, reports say.
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, vice-president of Nigeria, seems to think the third-world nation's economy isn't keeping pace with its population growth. “Clearly this population size will be more of a burden than an asset, unless there is an appropriate and commensurate growth in the economy to take care of the growing population,” he reportedly said.
Nigeria's population is expected to double by 2050, reports say. An estimated 402 million Nigerians will be crammed into the nation's 356,667 mi². That's more people than the current population of the USA in an area that is roughly the same size as Texas with its population of about 25 million.
Surrounding black nations are growing at about the same rate.
To blame, in part, is Western innovation that provides food production, healthcare, and disease control technologies to third world nations.
Oddly, Western nations welcome sub-Saharan Africans as if they were assets. What's more, Western governments have a history of underwriting the failed economies of third-world countries with massive support.
What's more, advocates of the man-made climate change cult invariably condemn Western nations for unrestrained population growth while ignoring the runaway surge in sub-Saharan African nations. One could get the idea that globalist Marxism actually prefers the world to be overrun by Africans.
The average IQ in Nigeria is 84. That's significantly higher than surrounding African nations, but substantially lower than the average IQ of 100 for ethnic white populations.
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Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, and it is growing at 3.2% a year. The U.S. Census Bureau says that at that rate, there will be an estimated 402 million people in Nigeria in 2050.
The major triggers for population increase include early marriages, high birth rates and lack of family planning access. But cultural and religious contributors are also impacting significantly.
Family planning activists such as Ejike Orji worry about uncontrolled population growth.
“The number of people we are producing every year is faster than our developmental rate,” Orji said. “And that is why Nigeria has become the No. 1 country with the highest number of poor people.”
Oddly, Western nations welcome sub-Saharan Africans as if they were assets.
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