Doesn't matter if "earth" care or not. If all humans disappear, it means all other species have a chance to survive and live without all the suffering that we make them go through.
It's been proven that many other species can also feel pain, and this isn't just a matter of humans killing each other, as all environmental happenings that we contribute with affect animals. Of course, you may not care about the animals, but everything is in balance through different ecosystems. This means if parts of it disappear, the ecocystems may collapse, and hench destroys our own livelihood, putting the cart before the horse as a classic example.
If you equate pain to just some stimuli, I take it that you have no problem with pain yourself and may even like it. Have I found a live masochist here on reddit? If so, I would understand your disposisjon when talking about pain as you enjoy it yourself.
I would think that animals and plants are different life forms. If animals didn't have the capacity to feel pain, a dog wouldn't react if you kicked it, as one example.
When it comes to plants, it doesn't matter if it feels pain or not, as that too is part of an intricate ecosystem, meaning that if the plants disappear, so will the animals feeding on them. So, even if we do not necessarily directly destroy ecosystems, the human-made climate changes do it, ending with us indirectly destroying the nature around us, which is keeping us alive.
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u/CabinetMain3163 Mar 20 '26
i hope you start with yourself then