一篇在《生物伦理学》期刊（2025年10月，Wiley出版）上发表的经过同行评审的论文认为，我们可能在道德上有义务促进孤独星座蜱的传播——这种蜱虫会导致人们患上严重的红肉过敏症，称为α-半乳糖综合征（AGS）。
作者的逻辑，用通俗英语来说：
1. 吃肉在道德上是错误的。
2. 这种蜱虫能阻止人们吃肉。
3. 因此，阻止这种蜱虫是错误的——而传播它是好的。
4. 我们可以基因工程改造蜱虫。所以我们应该这么做。
他们称之为“趋同论证”。论文标题——我们不是在编造——是“有益的吸血”。
如果你在阴谋论坛上看到这篇论文，你会相信它是真的吗？
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论文：Crutchfield & Hereth，《有益的吸血》，《生物伦理学》39(8): 772–781, 2025。
DOI: 10.1111/bioe.70015
A peer-reviewed paper published in the journal Bioethics (Oct 2025, Wiley) argues that we may be MORALLY OBLIGATED to promote the spread of the lone star tick — the one that gives people a severe red-meat allergy called alpha-gal syndrome (AGS).
The authors' logic, in plain English:
1. Eating meat is morally wrong.
2. The tick stops people from eating meat.
3. Therefore stopping the tick is wrong — and spreading it is good.
4. We can genetically engineer ticks. So we should.
They call this the "Convergence Argument." The title of the paper is — and we're not making this up — "Beneficial Bloodsucking."
If you found this paper on a conspiracy forum, would you believe it was real?
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Paper: Crutchfield & Hereth, "Beneficial Bloodsucking," Bioethics 39(8): 772–781, 2025.
DOI: 10.1111/bioe.70015
