Well, considering there are plenty of humans who can spend their entire day, for perhaps weeks on end, without really ever seeing any nature, I don't think that

Well, considering there are plenty of humans who can spend their entire day, for perhaps weeks on end, without really ever seeing any nature, I don't think that's too much of a leap to say. Hard to be "in tune" with nature than interact with it. But, I think your bacteria comparison is rather poor, given that nobody ever said anything about trees wiping out all life.