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Some people marvel at these as an example of how nature regulates itself. Mate if your thermostat did that you'd be frozen with a charred crust.
by jojobas 3y ago
Some people marvel at these as an example of how nature regulates itself. Mate if your thermostat did that you'd be frozen with a charred crust.
- colechristensen 3y agoBut this is how nature regulates itself? I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make.
- stavros 3y agoThe point is that it's not very good regulation.
- qeternity 3y agoYes, Mother Nature has not accomplished anything of note.
- stavros 3y agoNobody:
- colechristensen 3y agoAnd yet it has led to billions of years of life… and you. Boom and bust, massive growth and dieoffs… and mass extinctions are all part of the development that led to this point. You don’t get here without them.
- stavros 3y agoYes, it's adequate, but it's not particularly good. As the ancestor said, if your thermostat had such swings, it'd be a horrible regulator.
- jojobas 3y agoThe thing is, nature didn't evolve to regulate or find equilibriums, it evolved to seize opportunity on an individual level. It doesn't favor stability at all, a species with a new ability can drastically change the landscape instantaneously.