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What if the great filter of humanity is to overcome it's own nature that made it the dominant species of the planet and what if that is the universal great filter that makes the cosmos silent (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Humanity aside, exterminating thousands of species of animals is just bad, not for any practical effect it has on humanity or "nature" but just because it, in itself, is morally bad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

The argument I've heard is that new species will evolve to fill new niches and one day earth will host the same biodiversity again.

I can't say I find that one anymore convincing. I'm with you on this, it's pretty gross how blasé some people are about dragging countless other species into extinction along with us.