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Strange to imagine Nature evolving viruses as a defense mechanism against the environmental destruction wrought by human overpopulation...
by tromp 5y ago
Strange to imagine Nature evolving viruses as a defense mechanism against the environmental destruction wrought by human overpopulation...
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoNature's not under threat, just biodiversity. We could not destroy all life on Earth if we wanted to. What we're doing is ripping leaves and branches off the tree of life. It's sad beyond belief, but it's not a threat to life itself. It's fun to imagine, but we have as of yet no reason to believe life in its totality per se is agentic. Ultimately this problem, the motivation to solve it, and any solution to it must come from humanity. Nothing else cares.