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Re:Some corals regrow after 'fatal' warming by nikofeyn on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:22PM (#21219320)
that's a rather specific example that i personally don't think is relevant to the discussion. for one, fungi are not even animals. and it's a very specific disease tied to a certain class of species. humans have affected a greater number of species across all categories and are doing so at an increasing rate. there is no other event in history like this that was caused by a single animal species, that i know of.

although, i suppose if people want to make the comparison that humanity is as mindless as a fungus that causes disease, then by all means.

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Re:Some corals regrow after 'fatal' warming by jonfw on Monday October 14, 2019 @01:24PM (#21250596)
> i suppose if people want to make the comparison that humanity is as mindless as a fungus that causes disease, then by all means.

It's clear that that's not his point. It's hard to take people seriously who don't argue in good faith.

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Re:Some corals regrow after 'fatal' warming by nikofeyn on Friday October 18, 2019 @02:20PM (#21293795)
it's clear that that wasn't my point, and it's also clear that that wasn't my summary of their point. i answered their point directly, and in good faith, above that. i don't know why you're honing in on what amounted to a joke, although if one zooms out far enough, it might not be hard to think of humanity as mindless.

i don't, however, understand the point of your comment.

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