In-spite of our self confidence, our knowledge of biology and ecology is just the tiniest beginning. Letting organisms and genes disappear is insanely reckless.

In-spite of our self confidence, our knowledge of biology and ecology is just the tiniest beginning. Letting organisms and genes disappear is insanely reckless. An analogy would be an illiterate dark age monk wondering if he should let random Greek and Roman books burn in his fireplace.