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There is an irony here in that we are the only beings we (yet) know of that in any way appreciate the universe on an aethestic level, on subjective criteria we
by feintruled 10y ago
There is an irony here in that we are the only beings we (yet) know of that in any way appreciate the universe on an aethestic level, on subjective criteria we have determined ourselves. So we would be obliterating ourselves to save the universe for... ?
- kseistrup 10y ago… to save the Universe for the death and destruction that follows almost everything we do. All other life on Earth would thrive if we were not here.
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- JoeAltmaier 10y agoNot substantiated in geologic history. Life collapsed repeatedly.
- kseistrup 10y agoYou're right, but did it collapse because of the behaviour of a single species?
- bhaak 10y agoWe were not the first and if we vanish we wouldn't have been the last life on Earth that would be destructive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_Catastrophe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_Catastrophe Such apparently is life on Earth. We are not special.
- feintruled 10y agoBut again, it is only us humans that value diversity. You would be obliterating the only species that would appreciate the thing you are obliterating them to preserve.