Humanity is part of nature. And undeniably a part with outsized impact on the remainder of nature. Seeing humans as just a part makes a lot of folks more humble and desire balance.
A more extreme view on the other side is that people should "go forth and multiply", consequences be damned. Which reads as naive as middle schoolers who think the bacteria in their enclosed experiment will grow and florish forever.
> A more extreme view on the other side is that people should "go forth and multiply", consequences be damned.
I think the best part of nature are human beings. I don't think it's a naive middle schooler idea. It's in fact the most lindy, biologically rooted idea that exists. Ignore it at your own peril (or the peril of your genes).
> I think the best part of nature are human beings. I don't think it's a naive middle schooler idea. It's in fact the most lindy, biologically rooted idea that exists
Every sentient species probably feels the same about their kind. That doesn't make it objectively true.
> Ignore it at your own peril (or the peril of your genes).
Genes of every species that ever lived have gone--or soon enough will go--extinct. We're just the lucky ones who've made it this far.
Life is worth preserving (IMO), and I've passed on my own personal set of genes a few times. I just don't think burning the world at the expense of everything else is worthwhile or sustainable.
Said another way, I'd be fine with humanity going extinct if it meant nature could go on making more interesting things. In fact, I think humanity is bound to be replaced by something else eventually. After all, there's no magical sky daddy who made us in some divine image or who is determined to preserve us exactly like this forever.
A more extreme view on the other side is that people should "go forth and multiply", consequences be damned. Which reads as naive as middle schoolers who think the bacteria in their enclosed experiment will grow and florish forever.