If you think the globalist busybodies have gone off the deep end with their climate hysteria, wait until you hear about this clown. S. Matthew Liao, a so-called bioethicist hunkered down at New York University, has been peddling some of the most unhinged ideas imaginable under the guise of “saving the planet.” This guy’s not just talking about recycling your soda cans or turning down the thermostat—he’s dreaming up ways to tinker with our bodies to make us gag on a good steak. And yeah, ticks are involved. Strap in, because we’re diving deep into this madness, and it’s got all the hallmarks of elite arrogance run amok.
The Philosopher Who Wants to Play God
Born in 1972, Liao’s a Taiwanese-American egghead who’s climbed the ivory tower ladder with stops at places like Oxford, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, and Princeton before landing his cushy gig at NYU in 2009. He’s the Arthur Zitrin Chair of Bioethics and runs the Center for Bioethics there, which sounds noble until you peek under the hood. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill thinker pondering life’s big questions; Liao’s all about “normative ethics” and bioethics, which apparently means brainstorming ways to rewire humanity like we’re lab rats in a bad sci-fi flick.
His big claim to infamy? A 2012 paper called “Human Engineering and Climate Change,” where he lays out a blueprint for messing with our biology to cut down on carbon footprints. We’re talking shrinking people to hobbit size so we eat less, boosting smarts to lower birth rates, and—get this—making us “morally enhanced” to feel extra guilty about everything. But the real kicker is his obsession with meat. Livestock farming pumps out about 18% of greenhouse gases, he claims, so why not engineer us to hate the stuff? Liao floats ideas like drugs or patches that trigger nausea at the sight of a burger. Sounds voluntary? Don’t kid yourself—these eggheads always start with “suggestions” and end with mandates.
Ticks as the Ultimate Weapon: The Meat Allergy Plot Thickens
Fast-forward to 2016, and Liao ups the ante. In talks and writings, he points to the Lone Star tick—a nasty little bugger native to the southern U.S.—as a model for his twisted vision. This tick bites you, and boom, you develop alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), an allergy that makes red meat your enemy. Swelling, hives, even anaphylactic shock if you chow down on beef, pork, or lamb. Liao muses that if we could spread this “mild intolerance” far and wide, folks would ditch meat en masse, slashing emissions from cows and pigs. He even references how the tick’s bite stimulates the immune system against bovine proteins, turning it into a natural aversion therapy.
Is this biological warfare? You bet it smells like it. Releasing or engineering ticks to infect populations isn’t just unethical—it’s straight-up dystopian. Liao frames it as a “human engineering” fix, less risky than geoengineering the skies, but come on. This is the kind of hubris that leads to Frankenstein-level disasters. And it’s not hypothetical anymore; AGS cases are exploding. Back in 2010, the CDC estimated a few thousand sufferers. By 2023, they pegged it at up to 450,000 Americans affected. Ticks are marching north, hitting states like Nebraska and beyond, thanks to warmer weather or whatever excuse they trot out.
Recent Horror Stories: From Bites to Body Counts
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, 2025 brought the grim reaper. In November, researchers at the University of Virginia confirmed the first official death from AGS—a poor soul who bit the dust after a red meat reaction gone wrong. That’s right, a tick bite leading to a fatal allergy. And it’s not isolated; studies from 2018 showed AGS patients are five times more likely to have insect allergies too, compounding the misery. By 2026, with ticks spreading like wildfire, we’re seeing more folks waking up in hives after a backyard BBQ.
This is a literal war crime. It is biological warfare and banned by treaty. And this demon wants it used against his own people. https://t.co/DsgjIgO3ti
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) February 8, 2026
Liao’s ideas didn’t cause this surge—nature’s doing its thing—but his glee over using it as a “vector” for mass meat aversion is chilling. In a 2013 TED Talk, he joked about it, but the laughter’s died down as real people suffer. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis blasted this nonsense in October 2025, calling it “insane” and linking it to agendas that ban lab-grown meat while pushing forced veggie diets. America First means grilling what we want, not letting some professor dictate our plates.
Why This Matters: The Slippery Slope to Serfdom
Liao’s not stopping at meat. His broader shtick includes gene editing ethics—he’s got a human rights-based approach from 2018 that green-lights tweaking DNA under “the right circumstances.” In 2019, he dropped a book on AI ethics, and he’s edited tomes on moral brains and the right to be loved. But peel back the layers, and it’s all about control: smaller humans, fewer kids, engineered empathy to make us toe the line on climate piety.
This is peak elite overreach—ivory tower types deciding what’s best for the rest of us peons. America First rejects this garbage. We built this nation on freedom, including the freedom to fire up the grill without some bioethicist releasing a plague of ticks. Liao’s “plans” aren’t evil genius; they’re the ramblings of a guy who’s spent too much time in echo chambers, ignoring how real folks live. If we let this slide, next it’ll be engineering us to love bugs for protein or shrink to save fuel.
Time to swat this nonsense. Stay vigilant, check for ticks, and keep eating that steak—because surrendering our bodies to these kooks is a recipe for tyranny.