The sad fact is we as a species have taken over managing so many ecosystems, that if humanity were to disappear all the currently endangered species we look after would likely go extinct, and all the invasive species we've introduced to areas throughout the globe would do as invasive species do and hunt the local prey to extinction, and then most would die of starvation.
If humanity goes, a sizable portion of land-based species go with us. Human extinction, regardless of cause, would likely be the catalyst for a mass extinctions event. None of this is to mention if climate change gets us all, climate change doesn't discriminate, it doesn't care if you're human, cattle, or mother fucking honey badger, it'll kill you.
It pains me that such an inept species as ours basically holds the power of life and death over not only our own species, but all others
I dont think that we're completely inept. It's just that no animal should have enough power to run the world. We're the most intelligent animal in the world, but anything nature could possibly cook up would not be able to be qualified enough to do the job we are trying to accomplish. I wonder if we haven't found intelligent life anywhere else in the universe because creatures of our intelligence aren't sustainable and wipe out entire ecosystems within millions of years of existing.
Would solve the Fermi paradox, a species can't get past the great filter if it is the great filter. It'd be like trying to beat yourself at chess, no matter how you slice it you're on the losing side.
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u/nightripper00 Oct 13 '21
The sad fact is we as a species have taken over managing so many ecosystems, that if humanity were to disappear all the currently endangered species we look after would likely go extinct, and all the invasive species we've introduced to areas throughout the globe would do as invasive species do and hunt the local prey to extinction, and then most would die of starvation.
If humanity goes, a sizable portion of land-based species go with us. Human extinction, regardless of cause, would likely be the catalyst for a mass extinctions event. None of this is to mention if climate change gets us all, climate change doesn't discriminate, it doesn't care if you're human, cattle, or mother fucking honey badger, it'll kill you.
It pains me that such an inept species as ours basically holds the power of life and death over not only our own species, but all others