U.S. Agency Declares 21 Species Now Extinct L

Re:U.S. Agency Declares 21 Species Now Extinct L by _factor on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:22AM (#38345319)

The timing and placement of your statement comes off as a challenge to the original statement. It appears you’re implying that what we’re doing today is ok because it is part of a natural process. While true, we also have agency to transcend the natural process or perpetuate it.

Just because it has happened, doesn’t mean we should endorse and accelerate it. What we do determines the future.

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Re:U.S. Agency Declares 21 Species Now Extinct L by refurb on Monday November 20, 2023 @05:23AM (#38345921)

So are you arguing we should prevent the extinction that would happen naturally? The extinction where man played no role?

Why?

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Re:U.S. Agency Declares 21 Species Now Extinct L by geysersam on Monday November 20, 2023 @05:39AM (#38346047)

Maybe. If that helpes us develop better medicines or food crops it sounds like the smart thing to do. Instead of waiting around for 2 million years until eco-system has recovered.

However, in my opinion, it's a rather uninteresting hypothetical because human activity absolutely does play a huge role in the extinction of species today.

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Re:U.S. Agency Declares 21 Species Now Extinct L by refurb on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:13AM (#38346896)

> Maybe. If that helpes us develop better medicines or food crops it sounds like the smart thing to do.

What about the ramifications of doing so?

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Re:U.S. Agency Declares 21 Species Now Extinct L by geysersam on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:50AM (#38350363)

What about the ramifications of not preventing extinction caused by human activity (or other causes)?

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Re:U.S. Agency Declares 21 Species Now Extinct L by refurb on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:11PM (#38356911)

That’s a separate discussion.

I’m not sure fiddling with natural levels of extinction are smart.

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