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I think you've just made a compelling case for why we can make every species on earth extinct, apart from us and 'nothing of value would be lost'.
by Angostura 9y ago
I think you've just made a compelling case for why we can make every species on earth extinct, apart from us and 'nothing of value would be lost'.
- coldtea 9y agoIf that's sarcasm, I think you've exemplified the slippery slope fallacy and the straw-man argument.
- Angostura 9y agoNot at all. Your point was that if it is difficult to tell whether a particular organism was of terrestrial or martian origin, it must be so similar to Earth organisms as to be unworthy of study. If so, why bother studying more than one terrestrial organism?