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Originally Posted by August
That's a heckuva thing to say Platapus.  |
Yeah it is, but I calls em as I sees em.
Humans are about 250,000 years old. As we currently operate, is there really any reasonable chance we will survive another 250,000 years?
I doubt we will last another 50,000 years before nature wipes us out with diseases (or we simply kill ourselves off).
Of course like some infectious disease or cancer we can always attempt to move to another host (another planet) but that will only reset the clock a little.
Far far in the future, when some alien is writing the history of the earth, I don't think humanity will be listed as one of the more successful species. As a species we accomplished a lot, but it was selfish and in the long run damaging to the ecosystem that we rely on to survive. As we evolve we needed to keep modifying the ecosystems for short term benefits with little concern about unintended consequences or long term benefits.
I believe that is one of the definitions of malignancy.
And yeah, it is depressing. And no, I am not proud to be part of the problem.