Maybe, metaphorically. I’ve always found The Matrix’s take on this pretty compelling: “I’d like to share a revelation that I´ve had during my time here. It cam

Maybe, metaphorically. I’ve always found The Matrix’s take on this pretty compelling: “I’d like to share a revelation that I´ve had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species, and I realized that you’re not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instictively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.” (I’m sure the idea didn’t originate in The Matrix, but that’s where my 11 year old brain got exposed to it.)