"When the sage points to the moon, the fool looks at his finger". The argument is most assuredly not that "all old things must be preserved". Rather it's that

"When the sage points to the moon, the fool looks at his finger". The argument is most assuredly not that "all old things must be preserved". Rather it's that this old thing should be preserved. The fact that the forrest is old is incidental. It's only relevant because it explains that we can't just pull a new primeval forrest out of our asses. But you knew this.