The human potential for screwing up the environment is staggering; I believe that no one is blind to the harm we do to nature in our relentless pursuit of more material wealth. We are now living through the sixth mass extinction event on this planet, and some scientists have dubbed it the Anthropocene extinction, as in extinction caused by humankind...
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It's no use trying to deny mankind's role in the rapid transformation of the natural environment. Evolution has given us the biggest brain to body-mass ratio in nature, and with it we've left evolution behind, or rather replaced it with our own kind of evolution, the cultural evolution. Our ability to adjust the environment to meet our needs instead of the other way around, has given us a giant head start; not only the earth's ecosystems, but also we ourselves are not able to keep up with the rapid changes brought about by advancing human technology and science. And this causes problems, for sure.
But there are still caveats to consider, the first being that we are also part of nature. Somehow the notion that we destroy nature places us outside, or above nature. I'm still not clear if this is good, bad or neither, but it is something to consider. When we'll be able to replace most of our failing body-parts with artificial substitutes, will we still be human? Even something as basic as a pair of glasses falls into this category, and we don't have a problem with glasses, or hearing aid, or... Will we deny blind people a set of artificially crafted eyes to see with, and will we envy them, because their man-made eyes will be able to see the entire electromagnetic spectrum, and they can freely choose between the frequencies? Is there a threshold to be reached where we suddenly are "more" or "less" than human? And what does this say about our place in nature? I won't pretend I know, I'm just saying that progress can't be stopped and we need to realize that someday these questions will answer themselves if we don't try to answer them beforehand. And those answers might not be as straightforward as we currently imagine them to be.
But I get sidetracked... The reason why I write this today, is the video linked below, which I would very much like you all to watch. In today's political climate I thought it prudent to first clearly state that I'm not a denier of mankind's destructive influence on the planet. If you're interested to know what happens when people censor themselves to talk about what they know is true, watch this video. "What happens to society when people who are presenting facts are bullied into silence?" This sentence is the heart of the message of this video; scientists who report facts about the climate that are not in line with the mainstream message of climate alarmism, are systemically marginalized. It's good to be concerned about our planet and all the lifeforms it contains, but what's happening now simply prevents us from addressing the real problems and come up with real solutions. When the painted crisis is a lie, how will solving THAT crisis do us any good..? It would be good for us to remember that the same capitalists who gain most from the ongoing destruction of natural habitats, are the same ones that have initiated and cultivated the climate scare. And they'll use it to make another boatload of money, as well as further limit our freedoms because we will be held responsible for solving the problem...
A Reading of Dr. Ross McKitrick's "Open Letter to Lisa Raitt" on the Climate Mob Effect
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