Posted: Sep 29, 2018 10:01 am
Cito di Pense wrote:Hermit wrote:We, on the other hand, are in the process of destroying it all by our own little selves.
This is not really a very strong point, because of the feedback between biological activity and the environment. Use of the term 'destroying' is arrogant and ignorant. What you denote is 'destroying the habitat that sustains us'. Something else will surely survive, even if it is only extremophile bacteria around undersea volcanic vents. If you think there is something special about living systems, there isn't. These systems are self-replicating and subject to selection effects, and that's about it, unless you subscribe to the woo of vitalism. Your pointed remarks about "our own little selves" is packed with the moral judgement of 'responsibility', and I'll unpack it further for you if the need arises.
You snipped the difference, so here's the post again, with some bits in bold to aid your comprehension:
Hermit wrote:Cito di Pense wrote:Nature: red in tooth and claw. But hoomans is speshul. tey haz duh sawus. it is speshul.
The difference between humans and all other life forms is not the red in tooth and claw bit. Notwithstanding the fact that something like 99.9% of all species have become extinct due to largely outside factors, the latter always finish up with a more or less balanced ecological system, albeit consisting of a different set of species. We, on the other hand, are in the process of destroying it all by our own little selves.
Note where I agree with you. Can't find it? Here it is: "The difference between humans and all other life forms is not the red in tooth and claw bit."