A tumor is a part of an organism that has mutated to play a much shorter game than the organism itself. Humanity seems to be a tumor on the biosphere. The industrial revolution is that happy moment when the host was switched to mostly delivering nutrients to the tumor.
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The biosphere doesn’t have moral status. Humanity does. Humanity is literally the most important entity in the universe since we are the _only_ important entity in the universe.
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Surely non-Universal Explainer yet conscious creatures matter more than unconscious objects?
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Replying to @ChipkinLogan @Crit_Rat and
If so, it is H. Sapiens alone who make this determination. Until such time we can communicate with other species.
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Replying to @DoqxaScott @ChipkinLogan and
We can't be so certain that we are where the process of evolution intends to go. I mean, were causing our own extinction at the moment. Life seems to have more of a harmonious balance without our intervention
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Replying to @cosimia_ @DoqxaScott and
As far as we know, evolution does not have intentions - it proceeds by conjecture and criticism, essentially. And I think it could be argued that we're always 'causing' our extinction - namely, every solution we create carries some risk, and begets new problems.
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Replying to @ChipkinLogan @DoqxaScott and
From my understanding evolution optimises for increasingly ordered complexity Hrm maybe we're just hitting a lot more of the barriers to growth than other species got a chance to reach
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Replying to @cosimia_ @DoqxaScott and
It's unclear whether evolution optimizes for order, or complexity, or anything else. Don't forget, complexity could only go in one direction following abiogenesis!
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Replying to @ChipkinLogan @DoqxaScott and
Been reading stuff on evolution now. Evidently it's not as clear what's going on there as I thought. Seriously wish highschools integrated a level of ambiguity in their teachings. Instead we get a low level understanding of everything and think humans have it all figured out
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Replying to @cosimia_ @ChipkinLogan and
Is this related to the return of social constructivism at universities?
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mmmm im unsure (had to give that one a google xD). i think my observation it's certainly less the case at university, as the lecturers seem to have more of an understanding of just how complex their respective field really is. in highschool you learn about all the scientific...
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mistakes we've made in the pass, but there is no room to consider that we might still be wrong. also would love to hear your thoughts on social constructivism pertaining to this bc i'm in the dark about it
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Replying to @cosimia_ @ChipkinLogan and
The idea that reality or truth are social constructs is a symptom of the demise of the humanities, not some stellar insight.
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