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Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
I 100% agree with you. You absolutely "can't resolve this kind of debate by simply saying "foreign bad" or "foreign good"
Imagine we discover an alien planet with no predators. Should we allow ecological merging, with reasonable expectation of large biodiversity loss. The problem is, the alien planet doesn't have a pesticides industry propped up around saying "foreign bad"
But I have no idea, and am not qualified to answer that hypothetical.
Comment · 4 years ago
"Someone in the field"?
I'm sorry but an anonymous comment on good reads, should not hold the same weight as a book that references academic papers.
In any case it isn't as black and white as "Invasive = Bad" one doesn't need to look far for that evidence.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-potential-conserva...
https://spartina.org/project_documents/revegetation_program/...
Comment · 4 years ago
I've referenced articles and books in my other comments, and you're calling it myth. Care to cite something that supports what you claim?
Comment · 4 years ago
The book referenced actually provides numbers on this. Invasives out competing local species is a rarity according to the studies referenced in the book.
Here is another perspective too: https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/22796160/invasive-species-...
Comment · 4 years ago
Kind of, the idea is that no species would be invasive if we didn't create the ideal place for it to thrive. Invasives mostly thrive in disturbed areas and don't actually displace natives. The book I referenced goes into way more details, but in most cases invasives actually help repair damaged ecosystems. They are often pioneer species in the disturbed areas.
Comment · 4 years ago
The bugs are not at fault here. The people who created the environment for them to thrive are.
Edit After Downvote: I get it - They were a major nuisance to you. Lanternflys weren't a one time thing. This has happened before - remember stink bugs? This has happened many times and it is going to get worse. Please don't shoot the messenger.
Comment · 4 years ago
When I see this article and the state announcement, I think of the Robert Pirsig Quote: "If a revolution destroys a systematic government, but the systematic patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact, then those patterns will repeat themselves in the succeeding government. There’s so much talk about the system. And so little understanding."
As someone originally from Pennsylvania - PA seems especially excited about invasive species. The spotted lantern fly was a big nuisance. Everyone talked about it. The spotted lantern fly and even this pear tree are not the enemy.
Invasive species thrive in ecosystems that we create. You don't want spotted lantern flys? You don't want thorny pear trees? Maybe ask who is defining the term "invasive species" and why they are defining them as such? Anyone thinking about cutting down your pear tree. Read "Beyond the War on Invasive Species: A Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration" [0]
0: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25782048-beyond-the-w...
Comment · 4 years ago
Does this have anything to do with GraphQL or developers just not understanding security and role/authorization?
Comment · 4 years ago
Totally. But not in software.
Take a look at Code Complete: Chapter 25. Does a way better job explaining this than I could in a comment box.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1149643 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111... https://naisma.org/naisma-resources/government-relations/the... https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-potential-conserva...