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> The ecosystem? It will be fine. It will be greatly impoverished, so not really 'fine'. Its possible that in several 10s of million of years the sheer level o
by Angostura 9y ago
> The ecosystem? It will be fine.
It will be greatly impoverished, so not really 'fine'. Its possible that in several 10s of million of years the sheer level of diversity of the ecosystem may have rebounded. But not a given
- icebraining 9y agoThe preference for diversity is just a human bias. Nature doesn't care.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoYou're right, 'nature' doesn't care if life on Earth ends. Most humans do.
- uhhyeahdude 9y agoExactly... And nature itself is a construct of humans. We're certainly anthropocentric in our ways, but that is only problematic if we view ourselves as separate from our environment somehow. Unfortunately, many do.
- Angostura 9y ago> And nature itself is a construct of humans. What does this even mean?
- dTal 9y agoThis is just old fashioned nihilism. The Earth could be vaporized tomorrow and "nature" wouldn't "care", but I think we can all agree that it would be bad by any standard meaningful to us. 'Human bias' is the only way we have of judging anything as good or bad.
- Angostura 9y agoAnd the word "fine" is a human word. If you're saying an ecosystem containing one kind of alga is in any way as fine as an ecosystem comprising billions of organisms and interdependencies, then what can I say.