Re:A Stroke of Genius: Striving for Greatness in All You Do ...
by Anonymous9761 on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @01:38AM
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The disaster would be good for the species, but bad for individuals. The species is more important than any number of individuals, so such a disaster would be of net benefit.
I truly mean it, it's an unanswerable question, educated guesses or not. Too subjective.
For instance... is it better for Earth to have 1 Billion people on it, or is it better to have 25 Billion? If a "tragic" disaster drastically reduced the population levels for 100 years, but also allowed our species to evolve at a more sustainable pace in the long-term, was the disaster good or bad?