(June 23, 2021 at 6:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Actually, if you stop and think about it, our unique ability to make the planet unlivable is a pretty strong argument for our being the most important species.
Can bears destroy the planet? Are dolphins going create mass pollution? How much do snails contribute to global warming?
How are we NOT the most important species?
Boru
OH MY GOD, no, just the opposite!
I can only agree that humans are the only species with our higher cognitive abilities. But that does not make us more important. It only means we can speed up the pace of consumption and pollute more and damage our planet faster. It only means that we are the only species that is aware of it, but refuses to do anything about it.
Roy's tiger could be argued to have simply been over aggressive in trying to protect him, but didn't know it's own power. Roy's tiger has been argued to have simply trying to pick him up like a mother cat picking up a kitten. But Roy got his neck bitten and ended up paralyzed regardless.
If humans were the most important species why did it take over a year to slow down covid, and even with such, we are still now having to worry about it's variants? BECAUSE WE ARE NOT AN APEX.
"Important" is relative. Yes, humans are important to humans. I won't argue that. But in cosmic time we are not important.
