Species Extinction Debate

Comments debate the significance of human-caused species extinctions, often downplaying them by comparing to natural historical extinction rates and events like the Holocene extinction.

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api Apr 7, 2025 View on HN

We cause lots of things to go extinct. Doesn't seem any worse.

rizzom5000 Apr 16, 2021 View on HN

Maybe this isn't a big issue? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction

hackrnusr Dec 19, 2022 View on HN

Countless species have already gone extinct over the eons. Why not one more?

IAmBroom Jun 4, 2025 View on HN

You seem unaware of extinction events. Humans are not guaranteed descendent species.

roughcoat May 30, 2017 View on HN

You are aware, I hope, that extinction wasn't invented by humanity?

vbezhenar Jul 17, 2020 View on HN

A lot of species would collapse with humans.

immibis Jun 24, 2024 View on HN

Species become extinct all the time. Humans don't have to exterminate all life, to exterminate humans.

psyklic May 22, 2010 View on HN

It isn't that WE are becoming extinct. The mass extinction is of other species due to us.

prox Nov 11, 2021 View on HN

No not advocating for extinction, just an observation we humans are really good at killing whole species.

TuringTest Nov 4, 2015 View on HN

I'd pretty much count extinction as damage to humanity.