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Interestingly, all life and "life" (virii, prions) serve the purpose of increasing entropy of the universe faster. But from an anthropocentric perspective, the
by rab_oof 12y ago
Interestingly, all life and "life" (virii, prions) serve the purpose of increasing entropy of the universe faster. But from an anthropocentric perspective, they're as useful as cancer.
- ommunist 12y agoYou are starting to get it. Examining "life" from antropocentric perspective could be very misleading. Especially when humans are getting practical means of decreasing biodiversity by erasing species. Even if these are bedbugs. Imagine anti-cancer treatment from some bedbug spit. Could be useful. But once you erased bugs, there will be no one.
- rab_oof 12y agoHomo sapiens sapiens inadvertently or deliberately kill every creature to extinction that isn't cute... Hence dodo and river dolphins (baiji / 白鱀豚). Not to mention the multibillion dollar hocus pocus trades in ivory and other rare animal parts. Stupidity is the default condition, wisdom takes thinking ahead.
- ommunist 12y agoProblem is, humans are not the first intelligent species on this planet. Others are only tolerating us, and I do not know to what threshold.