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Correct. The earth doesn’t care about the ecosystem. That is a human concept. The earth spent millions of years as a barren volcanic wasteland. We should care
by ceilingcorner 5y ago
Correct. The earth doesn’t care about the ecosystem. That is a human concept. The earth spent millions of years as a barren volcanic wasteland.
We should care about biodiversity because it affects humans, not because our anthropomorphic concept of Mother Earth is crying.
- ewmiller 5y agoWell you can still empathize with the pain that other feeling, conscious creatures on Earth experience as a direct result of our actions. It's one thing if a meteor strikes the earth and you simply witness a mass extinction, it's another if you ARE the meteor. We should care about biodiversity because it affects humans AND because it affects other living things which also have emotions and feel pain and will suffer as a result of what we've done. "Mother Earth" as a concept doesn't exist but other animals do. I think that's what people usually mean by that phrase.
- ceilingcorner 5y agoYes, that is true. I meant to include animals in my statement too. I was mostly criticizing the idea that the Earth is somehow suffering. The Earth will be just fine.