pstarr wrote:dohboi wrote:As predicted, denialists continue to deny.
Yes, I deny the Sixth Great Extinction. I deny hysterical attention-starved grandstanding. It does not good for the cause of conservation, stewardship and ecological restoration. Just get folks depressed. I like science better.
Since the juggernaut freight train of human overshoot has its built in momentum we all know that stopping it or slowing it down cannot happen fast enough to prevent accelerated extinctions.
Even without full scale biosphere collapse, even without cascading tipping points of climate change, even without ocean acidification and melting tundra methane farts, even without all the other tipping points that are postulated here we still will have an unprecedented historical extinction level event; the first time that this was caused mainly by a single dominant species.
The Great Biotic Exchange that is well advanced and shows no signs of slowing down is the cause of this sixth great extinction. This real time event happening right now is devastating enough without speculating about other potential tipping points and claims of biosphere collapse.
So I don't think you can deny the 6th great extinction Pstarr. On the other hand in regards to ecological restoration there is no cascading biosphere collapse happening to prevent this and given the opportunity nature is still incredibly resilient to recolonize former human habitat as soon as peak Kudzu Ape passes and we move into serious population decline and correction.
Nature is resilient still. Our biosphere is resilient still. There is no cause to get depressed over the state of our biosphere. Our species is in very very precarious territory. Some might find this depressing. I find 7 billion plus humans frankly depressing.
Without a drop of misanthropic blood in my body how I yearn and worship the Overshoot Predator to get up off his lazy ass and get the ball rolling.
I have talked to many christians who gave up their faith because they said that it occurred to them one day that there was no god out there listening to their prayers.
I have far more faith than these fallen christians in regards to the Overshoot Predator being out there ......even if he stubbornly continues to ignore my pleas. Which of course is just like him.... not giving a damn what us Kudzu Apes want or wish for....
Science ultimately grounds my faith as well.
Patiently awaiting the pathogens. Our resiliency resembles an invasive weed. We are the Kudzu Ape
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