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Re:A weed is swallowing the Sonoran Desert by BoiledCabbage on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @03:20AM (#35958658)
> Please provide a reference for the claim that the introduction of this plant to the area will result in less biodiversity across geo-biological timescales.

I really try to refrain from making comments like this, but this has to be one of the most simplistic, self-deluded arguments I've seen listed on this site:

"Please provide proof of the impact of this plant on the earth 1 Million years from now. What nobody has shown that? Aha I must be right!"

If your rubric for decision making is that no action matters unless you can beforehand determine its impact 1 million years from now, then it's really not valuable for you to comment on anything or participate in any discussion at all.

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Re:A weed is swallowing the Sonoran Desert by jakear on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @08:35AM (#35960981)
That is a self-deluded argument, but it isn’t the one I made. It’s the one you saw in the one I made, which reflects more on you than me.

Whether it’s valuable for you to comment on anything or participate in any discussion at all is something I’ll do you the curtesy of leaving you to decide.

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Re:A weed is swallowing the Sonoran Desert by BoiledCabbage on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @11:57PM (#35971083)
Maybe it's not the argument you intended to make, but it is the one you made.
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Re:A weed is swallowing the Sonoran Desert by jakear on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @09:13AM (#35974782)
No, you think I know I’m right. That’s you projecting your biases onto my argument. Don’t do that, it makes for uninteresting discussions.
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