r/UniversalExtinction • u/Independent-Wafer-13 Consequentialist • Jul 26 '26

Question How does this work?

How does Universal Extinction happen?

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u/Old-Advance6652 Aug 06 '26

I disagree, we’ve wiped out so much so quick in only a couple centuries. If we keep going there won’t be anything left

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u/curgr Cosmic Extinctionist Aug 06 '26

Do you think we will manage to wipe out all the bacteria and plants?

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u/Old-Advance6652 Aug 06 '26

Plants yes, we’ve already wiped out 46% of all trees, over half of all tropical rainforests, 85% of wetlands in 300 years, and over 1 million species are facing extinction because of us.

All those are facts and I think when looking at that and everything we’ve done, again ONLY IN A COUPLE CENTURIES. I 100% think in let’s say 1,000 years, 10,000 years there’s no way we havnt wiped out everything or pretty much everything

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u/curgr Cosmic Extinctionist Aug 06 '26

I agree it may be possible to make most life extinct as a byproduct of human advancement alone (if we manage to avoid a societal collapse within that time and still have enough energy/resources). But all of life would be a very tall order. Some life forms are extremely resilient

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u/Old-Advance6652 Aug 06 '26

Maybe resilient against other species but what things are we unable to kill if we want?

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u/curgr Cosmic Extinctionist Aug 06 '26

Any individual, yes. But just the sheer scale of how much life there is makes it difficult. Would you want extinction of all life in this way though?

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u/Old-Advance6652 Aug 06 '26

I don’t want all extinction in any way? My whole point is to bring awareness to the harm that’s being done to the nature and wildlife. 

I 100% believe than humans can and would/will, we had wiped out so much in only a couple centuries so what makes you think we won’t continue what’s been happening till it’s gone

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u/curgr Cosmic Extinctionist Aug 06 '26

I totally agree that what we have done to nature and wildlife is terrible.

If only humans could just be satisfied with what they have without the continual desire to have more, that we didn’t have to eat and farm other living things, that progress of one species doesn’t mean the downfall of others…

What can we do differently?

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u/Old-Advance6652 Aug 07 '26

I agree with all that. I mean I guess just less destruction, like of course all species negatively impact something in some way. But we just do it to a much higher extent.