RE: Can we "save the world"?
January 21, 2014 at 8:12 pm
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2014 at 8:12 pm by Simon Moon.)
(January 21, 2014 at 7:51 pm)Stimbo Wrote: The world will be fine, even if the humans on it keep fucking each other over to extinction.
Exactly.
We don't need to save the earth, we have to save ourselves from extinction.
99% of all species ever to exist on Earth are now extinct due to the environment becoming inhospitable for their survival.
Humans are making the planet an inhospitable place for many, but not all, of the current species (including humans) to survive. If we continue on the same path, there may be a time when we might go extinct as a species.
All that would mean is that some other species evolves to fit the available niches to become the next dominant species on on Earth.
Earth will go on and be fine. It doesn't care if we are there or not.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
