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> what happened 10,000 years ago was natural. What’s happening today is human-caused So it's also natural. It's like calling the man made elements unnatural. J

• dnadler 8y ago
  That's just semantics. The point of that sentence is that humans are the cause. How you distinguish us from the rest of nature isn't really important here. If we're the cause, we can also be the solution.
• melling 8y ago
  Do you also ascribe to “the climate is always changing?” The rate of change, the billions of people who will be affected, and the incredible expense will make our impact a bit more painful. At this point, I think the best solution is to get the federal government out of flood insurance, etc and let private citizens, and state governments deal with disaster relief. Everyone can argue with their insurance companies about climate change, as their premiums increase every few years.
• pesmhey 8y ago
  I agree. Is there language that differentiates between human processes that are in equilibrium/harmony with the rest of the non-human world, and those that are not? Artificial vs. natural is the first pair that comes to mind, but I don’t think it truly captures the idea. My opinion is that as time moves on, we’re going to develop that language to describe the human effect on the rest of the world that doesn’t necessarily separate humans from the rest of the world.
  • Can_Not 8y ago
    That's literally the definitions of natural and artificial.