Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest

Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by milchek on Sunday October 25, 2020 @11:41PM (#24892634)

I completely agree with what you're saying here, but I'm going to just discuss one thing that you said:

> "Nature is IRREPLACEABLE. Once it is dead it is dead forever."

I don't think that's the case. I think you're giving humanity too much credit. If humanity kills itself from overpopulation and overconsumption, the earth will do just fine without us. Even if we harm it as badly as we did with something like the Chernobyl disaster (look how it has bounced back there).

We've only really existed as a species for a tiny amount of time in the earths 4.5b year history and billions of years from now we may not be here, but the earth probably will be.

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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by PsylentKnight on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:30AM (#24893320)

I think this statement makes a point opposite what you intended:

> We've only really existed as a species for a tiny amount of time in the earths 4.5b year history

That's exactly the problem. We're causing massive changes on a much shorter timescale than evolution operates on. I think it's likely the global ecosystem will struggle to adapt.

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