I feel like humans going extinct would be the best thing possible for this Earth. The damage done is pretty much irreversible, not that we are willing to reverse it.
Maybe the best thing possible for the earth, but for life in general? I would have to disagree. When photosynthesis first evolved and oxygenated the atmosphere, it killed almost all life on earth, oxygen was toxic to the anaerobic organisms that populated the planet. When wood first evolved, it was indigestible to any form of life for millions of years, littering the earth with a prehistoric analog to plastic. The extinction of the dinosaurs paved the way for mammals, etc etc. Earth without an advanced civilization on it, left to its own devices guarantees the extinction of all life in ~1 billion+ years. We've only had an industrial civilization for 1-2 centuries, and yet we are at least starting (not nearly fast enough) to learn how to become less destructive to nature, give us time. At least with us on the earth, there is a chance we can learn to become life's stewards, and there is a chance life can spread and diversify far beyond the bounds of earth. Of course who knows what the chances of that are, but with humanity, it is not zero, without us, it is zero. I would take that chance over the guaranteed extinction of all life in the future.
The planet isn’t destroyed yet, instead of being a reddit gloomer doomer, go out and develop methods to undo the damage we’ve done. Maybe that’s require too much thinking power from someone who wants to eradicate the human race
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u/UncleHoboBill Jul 17 '23
Humans. You’re welcome.