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We're not special With big brains and tools, humans can live in a much broader set of environmental conditions than any other species. While it doesn't make us
by stickfigure 9y ago
We're not special
With big brains and tools, humans can live in a much broader set of environmental conditions than any other species. While it doesn't make us extinction-proof, it makes us pretty hardy. It is hard to imagine what would destroy all the ecological niches that humans could survive in.
I would bet on the humans.
- ProAm 9y agoWe have a few people who are intelligent, and yet as a whole we constantly try to kill our fellow man and let people go hungry. The only difference is we know our eventual end is coming and the preceding creatures likely did not.
- rland12 9y agoI don't know if it's constructive, but I find it remarkable enough to note that I really don't know if you are correct or if the parent comment is correct. It's because I'm a human being, isn't it.
- dredmorbius 9y agoI've got a bunch of tardigrades on line 3 that would like a word. Or whatever it is that passes for same.
- Retra 9y ago>humans can live in a much broader set of environmental conditions than any other species. Absolutely not. Most lifeforms simpler than us have an easier time surviving because it is easier for them to reproduce quickly. You're basically ignoring insects, crustaceans, algea, bacteria, most plants, and pretty much everything else. Sure we're hardy and adaptable when you ignore most of life on earth. And then you want to bet on the only species that has almost purposefully engineered its own demise? Talk about bias...