Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years (2014)

Re:Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years ... by lostmsu on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @04:28PM (#16328172)

Get used to it. Everything comes to an end. All your favorite animals will, and humans will, and whatever comes after them.

I highly doubt consuming meat today affects lifestyle of most humans in 50 years noticeably.

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Re:Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years ... by CalRobert on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @04:51PM (#16328345)

True, and given the heat death of the universe I'm pretty nihilistic, but I like to think there is purpose in even temporary goodness and beauty. A bell's ring will fade to nothing but their sound still brought joy, if only briefly.

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Re:Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years ... by arvinsim on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @09:08PM (#16329637)

Nothing wrong about being an anti-nihilist. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheAntiNihilist

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Re:Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years ... by nojvek on Thursday February 08, 2018 @09:15AM (#16332119)

On the counter. What if it does. What if after 50 years, humans really hate their predecessors and carry shame like the Germans do for Hitler.

Just sayin!

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Re:Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years ... by lostmsu on Thursday February 08, 2018 @02:27PM (#16334828)

Well, what if instead they think how stupid were we to not develop fusion sooner? Or immortality? Or human bioengineering? Eating cows hardly can make that list if we pick top 10 pressing matters.

Seriously, you want to make real impact, learn yourself a high energy physics degree and do research. Not eating meat is a joke. We as humanity will make not eating meat much sooner if we'd focus on uploading and fusion.

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