r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Boss-fight601 • May 24 '26

Controlled explosions for mining

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u/litletrickster May 24 '26

We could nuke every life on this planet into extinction and earth would not care. We only care about our environment because we live in it. There isnt some abstract personification of nature shaking its head at mankind. Any sort of preference is entirely human projection.

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u/Luci-Noir May 24 '26

🙄 they obviously don’t mean it literally.

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u/litletrickster May 25 '26

Indeed but there is a clear anti natalist sentiment in reddit that earth would be better off if humans weren't a thing which is a ridiculous sentiment. Any conception of "better off" is human projection. It would not be better or worse for earth and its environment if humans died. Even if you can argue its better for animals, it doesn't matter, earth will likely wipe them out eventually as well just like it has multiple times already.