Re:The World Without Us
by johnnybgoode on Sunday September 20, 2009 @06:17PM
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I know this is supposed to be beautiful and poetic, and I do see a bit of that. But then I also remember two things:
1) The thinking behind this is essentially religious in nature.
2) While growing up, many of us were bombarded with similar messages in school starting from a very young age. Very little, if any, attention was given to the idea that humans on Earth might be more than a corrupting influence on nature.
Who knows, maybe they could even be right. But the manner in which the message is disseminated makes me very suspicious.
1) The thinking behind this is essentially religious in nature.
2) While growing up, many of us were bombarded with similar messages in school starting from a very young age. Very little, if any, attention was given to the idea that humans on Earth might be more than a corrupting influence on nature.
Who knows, maybe they could even be right. But the manner in which the message is disseminated makes me very suspicious.