This is ridiculous.
Posted by kwidge on 12-23-2007 in Are humans the most valuable organisms on the planet?I can't believe all the ridiculous things being said to justify the human race.
Treating the earth like a temporary home is absurd. The earth is more than a place of residence, it is the reason life exists. It is a living, breathing organism that is uniquely built to sustain life. If you stopped and literately smelt the roses, you would find that without all these other organisms, you would not be here. We depend on the sun and water to grow vegetation, plants and bacteria to supply us with food and oxygen, animals for food, clothing, and shelter. The list goes on and on. Furthermore, every human thought and invention has been created through our use or interaction with other living and non-living organism. The Earth provides us with all our necessities, unlike your man-made iphone which just surfs the web and calls your friends.
By declaring that in another 100-200 years, we will discard this planet like an unwanted toy is very childish and ridiculous. I have yet to hear about another planet as perfect the one we live in now and also the technology to send billions of people to it. If this max exodus does occur in the foreseeable future...I hope that we leave you and your ego behind.
Humans are only valuable to each other. Who really cares if you can land on the moon? Only humans do.
In response to: Earth, a stepping stone?
All of those harms we have done to the planet were necessary to our evolution as a species, in my opinion. We were completely unaware when the majority of the damage was done (we were killing the planet at a much faster rate in the 50's than we are now) and will take steps to temper that destruction.
The earth will be important to humans for another 100-200 years (arbitrary guess) until we become able to leave it. Humankind is bigger than this one planet, it is just our current home. We should take care of it just as one would take care of an apartment they are staying in, but our potential is much greater than this one rock.
No matter what happens our stay on this planet is limited. Eventually it will hurl into the sun and long before that it will become unbearable to live on, we will need to have a mass exodus at some point.
I guess what I am saying is that in my humble opinion humans are not only the most valuable organisms on the planet....they are far more valuable than the planet itself. Is this arrogant? Probably. I don't see any other animals landing on the moon (unless we blast them there :) )