Some of the most horrible shit you can possible imagine has given us important medical knowledge that saves people every day.
Tis true. I have no argument there.
Actively pursuing unknown viruses by deep scouring for hidden animals in the wild is disturbing. It lacks common sense and without that mankind is doomed. There are many book smart people, exceptional mindsets, but without common sense they don’t count for much.
Are we to believe that researchers have always been doing this? Where is the evidence that that’s the case? I’ll save you time here and state I’m not suggesting that because something has not yet been done before it can never happen. My point is there is a new push happening, and it goes beyond the pure quest for knowledge.
I fully understand searching for curative measures with tropical plant life, but it’s a whole different ball game going out pursuing potential viruses that can take out entire communities, leaving the healthy carcasses along the wayside, give me a break.
Do you really consider humans, any human alive today, to be without major potential for human error? Cutting up healthy rodents at random is not driven by pure motives, not even close. It’s a mix of intelligent types with egos overriding caution, with a fixation on global and domestic competition (most of us are highly competitive or we wouldn’t be here) in the name of outperforming all others in the race.
Anytime the goal for knowledge becomes tainted with goals for personal glory, the goal becomes very risky.
