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The estimates are fluctuating, but a rough consensus is that we have driven in the order of 1 million species to extinction already. That's closer to an ice age

The estimates are fluctuating, but a rough consensus is that we have driven in the order of 1 million species to extinction already. That's closer to an ice age than to a child killing ants in their backyard. We don't just do this the way other predators do, by killing them to eat them. No, most of them are "mistakes" because we don't care.

arghwhat 5y ago
> but a rough consensus is that we have driven in the order of 1 million species to extinction already [citation needed] - and for that matter, an estimate for eradication caused by other species for comparison. (A good counter here would ask me the same for ice age extinction counts.) > We don't just do this the way other predators do, by killing them to eat them. Predators kill for food, fun and frustration. Any outdoor cat owner would be able to tell you that predators don't kill to eat, as they clean up the daily lot of dismembered birds and rodents in their garden. > No, most of them are "mistakes" because we don't care. You think not caring about what we kill is a unique property to us?