Re: What do Humans add?
Posted by maxmccauley on 12-22-2007 in Are humans the most valuable organisms on the planet?You are answering a different question that was originally asked, I think. I would tend to agree that humans are not valuable TO the planet, as we use its resources and (unfortunately) pretty much destroy it. However, my answer to the original question (are we the most valuable ON the planet) would be an emphatic yes. The human brain is the most complex and powerful thing we know of (so far)...human life is by far (in my opinion) the single most important thing and must be valued above all else.
Our planet is just a rock with an atmosphere...we can prove that its existance has a limit. It really cannot be proven that the human race has a limit.
In response to: What do Humans add?
How valuable are humans to the planet is related directly to the question of what do humans add to the planet when compared to the rest of the organisms. When it comes down it to i feel that humans just don't add much and in fact take so much away. We have devastated the living places of countless other living beings, and other effects such has the emissions of toxic chemicals have had a negative effect on the planet. I think that like was said earlier we value humans due to the fact that we are human, however this doesn't make us intrinsically valuable. I'm not sure what organism is more valuable then humans, but I'm going to go ahead and think that there is something out there that adds something to the planet, which is something I feel that humans don't do. Regardless of how valuable we feel we are, or how much "better" we feel i believe that we are not more valuable to the planet then other organisms are.