Humans Part of Nature
The cluster debates whether humans are part of nature or separate from it, questioning if human actions like environmental modification are 'natural' and critiquing the naturalistic fallacy in discussions of conservation and humanity's impact.
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Nature will be fine. It's us that won't be. Let's stop pretending that it's the same thing.
But nature doesn't care about usefulness, that's a human concept. The planet will always be fine, it's humankind which is screwing itself.
why are humans not part of "nature"?
why is one different than the other? aren't humans part of nature?
"we shouldn't mess with nature" is also a naturalistic fallacy, fyi
Ah yes, pesky humans. If only nature didn't have those killer humans it would be all peace and harmony.
I think it's important to ask two questions:1. Is this a bad thing for humanity?2. If it is, how can we stop it?I'm not sure the answer to 1 is, "Yes." If an organism is useful to us, we domesticate it. The rest of nature (while sometimes pretty) doesn't affect our survival, actively harms us, or is too hardy to unintentionally destroy (cyanobacteria). Nature is an extremely complex system, but let's not pretend it was a precariously-balanced eden before we
Humans are a force of Nature, not a force apart from Nature.
The source is looking at nature and all the species?But that doesn't mean we, the smartest of them all, can't make some changes. Nature is also killing the weaker etc, things that we don't agree on as humans.
this is the age of humans. nature will have to sacrifice to support us