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>Nothing we do sits outside of that This is untrue. While it's correct to say that nature is involved in its own destructive churn, human interference in the n
by ivanbakel 5y ago
>Nothing we do sits outside of that
This is untrue. While it's correct to say that nature is involved in its own destructive churn, human interference in the natural world operates on a much faster timescale, over much greater distances, and with much more consistency. That's why humans are able to cause much more devastating ecological disasters than a natural process would - and why those disasters are qualitatively different from naturally-induced ones, since especially their speed means there is less "bounce back" to a new and equally active equilibrium.
- helloworld11 5y agoDon't you mean the human component of the natural world? I fail to see a single thing humans do as being outside of nature, seeing as how we come from the same system along with the ingredients of all our creations.. That aside, many natural destructive events easily cause vast destruction very quickly. Large asteroid impacts are an obvious example. So too are large volcanic eruptions. Humans have not yet come close to causing the kind of extinctions both of these events have rapidly caused extremely quickly whenever they occur.