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Wow... Someone doesn't want to let nature deal with nature

• ethbro 11y ago
  Which is fine, except for the large number of outcomes that lead to fishery collapse and massive starvation. Nature can do incredibly "smart" things, but it also has the benefit of operating on orders of 1,000 / 10,000 / 100,000 / 1,000,000s of years. I'd rather large portions of human population not be dead for most of that time until a new equilibrium is established.
  • gozur88 11y ago
    >Nature can do incredibly "smart" things, but it also has the benefit of operating on orders of 1,000 / 10,000 / 100,000 / 1,000,000s of years. Actually, the latest evidence is that evolution happens in relatively small time frames as conditions change. The problem is you're not guaranteed a handy mutation in that time frame - lots of species have gone extinct for lack of a trait that would have allowed them to survive.
    • ethbro 11y ago
      Evolution of a single species and full ecosystem stabilization are two different things. Even with rapid evolution over a small time frame, I can't imagine the entire system finds a new equilibrium as quickly?
      • gozur88 11y ago
        Oh, that's probably true. Not all species will adapt, and as the niches get refilled things will be chaotic.