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Re:Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species ... by anthropodie on Monday September 14, 2020 @01:06PM (#24472498)
I have observed that people who lack empathy have completely different world view than mine. Ever seen the most beautiful masterpiece on YouTube being disliked by some people? I think people disliking where majority likes are the ones lacking empathy. In your case, a person saying why biodiversity should matter probably lacks empathy as well which could also be the reason they never watched those documentaries in first place because why care?

The point is people see world differently because of some fundamental differences in genetics & childhood nurturing.

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Re:Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species ... by devmunchies on Monday September 14, 2020 @01:46PM (#24472942)
Your view on empathy seems all-or-nothing. I have empathy for nature and wildlife which is why I have little empathy for humans, cows, cats, etc.

E.g. Cats kill billions of small birds and mice a year (think what that does to owl populations). It’s shouldn’t be legal to let house cats roam freely outside.

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Re:Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species ... by onion2k on Monday September 14, 2020 @02:13PM (#24473255)
think what that does to owl populations

Ok. If there was an abundance of food for the owls then we'd have many, many more owls, and they would kill billions of birds instead. We'd just be sacrificing cats for owls. Why is that better?

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Re:Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species ... by abathur on Monday September 14, 2020 @03:10PM (#24473896)
The burden of proof should probably be on the other side, here.

Why is it better to introduce hundreds of millions of bored free-range emotional-support predators into any given ecosystem than to not do this?

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Re:Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species ... by liaukovv on Monday September 14, 2020 @03:55PM (#24474377)
They are cute.
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Re:Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species ... by devmunchies on Monday September 14, 2020 @06:12PM (#24475740)
> sacrificing cats for owls. Why is that better?

Seems tone deaf to ask this in a thread about biodiversity and species extinction.

Because there are wayyyy more cats than owls. So we have more biodiversity.

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Re:Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species ... by disposekinetics on Monday September 14, 2020 @02:05PM (#24473166)
> Ever seen the most beautiful masterpiece on YouTube being disliked by some people? I think people disliking where majority likes are the ones lacking empathy.

I do not follow. Are you saying that idiocentric tastes negatively correlate with empathy?

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Re:Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species ... by anthropodie on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:32AM (#24479392)
On second thought, what I said about YouTube is idiotic. But I think rest is true.
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Re:Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species ... by bergstromm466 on Monday September 14, 2020 @01:31PM (#24472752)
> people who lack empathy

What is your measure?

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