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But homo sapiens will probably survive, and so civilization will probably eventually be rebuilt This is a very arrogant assumption. Our species is one componen
by riffic 10y ago
But homo sapiens will probably survive, and so civilization will probably eventually be rebuilt
This is a very arrogant assumption. Our species is one component of a little-understood web of interconnected dependencies. Just because humans are slightly more clever than past dominant species doesn't make us any less extinction-proof.
- scarmig 10y agoJust because humans are slightly more clever than past dominant species doesn't make us any less extinction-proof. Homo sapiens: the Dunning-Kruger hominid.
- dredmorbius 10y agoI've suggested: the anti-ant. Ants, individually, are stupid. Collectively, they're intelligent, and solve complex problems. Humans, individually, are brilliant (by animal standards). Collectively, not so much.
- lisper 10y agoI'm guess you meant that cleverness doesn't make us any more extinction-proof. But actually it does. Cleverness is a huge advantage in the survival game.
- parhurs 10y agoThe relation might not be linear though.
- riffic 10y agoThanks for the correction re: more versus less. But I'll still posit that this is an arrogant line of thinking: Cleverness is a huge advantage in the survival game. Cleverness won't be much help when underlying dependencies disappear. Edit: one way humans will extinctionize our species: https://phys.org/news/2017-02-scientists-categorize-earth-toxic-planet.html https://phys.org/news/2017-02-scientists-categorize-earth-to... We're basically driving this car full speed towards the cliff. No amount of cleverness will stop this.
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