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What if the great filter of humanity is to overcome it's own nature that made it the dominant species of the planet and what if that is the universal great filter that makes the cosmos silent (self.showerthoughts)
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[–] Cryophilia 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Been seeing a lot of "mass extinctions are fine, earth will recover" bullshit lately, it's making me suspicious that this is the next big oil psyop.

[–] Weslee 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Oh yeah it's all good, I just talked about millions of years of recovery and the extinction of humans, but yeah I'm a shill for big oil.

What are you smoking? I want some

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah "earth will recover once all humans die" doesn't make me any less worried for humanity.

[–] Cryophilia 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Humanity aside, exterminating thousands of species of animals is just bad, not for any practical effect it has on humanity or "nature" but just because it, in itself, is morally bad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

The argument I've heard is that new species will evolve to fill new niches and one day earth will host the same biodiversity again.

I can't say I find that one anymore convincing. I'm with you on this, it's pretty gross how blasé some people are about dragging countless other species into extinction along with us.

[–] Cryophilia 0 points 6 months ago

I've seen it a lot recently.

Person 1: nature will recover, but humanity will go extinct.

Person 2: actually, humanity won't go extinct [list of information about humanity's resiliency]

Person 1 (or 3rd party reading): oh cool, not that big a deal then

Lost in this discussion: mass extinctions bad