News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds. Parent comment

Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by manfredo on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @12:54PM (#18338723)
> The planet is not just a rock in space. It includes the environment and everything that is there. When we destroy that, we are destroying the planet itself.

Except... not? Altering, or even completely destroying the biosphere is not nearly the same thing as destroying the planet. Mass extinction events have occurred in the past, in terms of history on a planetary scale the anthropecene's mass extinction is nothing new.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by birksherty on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @01:43AM (#18397476)
Except yes? Who cares about a planet without the biosphere? There are literally billions of such rocks. There is something different between Earth and other planet and that's what people are taking about destroying.

Extinctions happened were natural, nobody could stop it. This time it's because of greed and selfishness. It could have been stopped but not and still going on even though we know it. Don't justify this time with before.

Also we are not debating whether that happened before or not. Some (mostly american from what I've seen) people will take any excuse to justify it.

[ Parent | on HN ]