to me the idea made it obvious that part of the point is freedom to change over time - otherwise it seems like a terrarium. thoughts?
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just heard the interesting proposal to have off-world orbiting wildlife preserves (to prevent human & invasive species interference) and it made me realize it's rarely specified what wildlife preserves are supposed to preserve
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is it a preserve if it introduces new selection pressures? or eliminates old ones?
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Basically, they're supposed to protect the biome from the effects of human occupation. A wildlife preserve may prefer to add resources to assist in the as-natural-as-possible flourishing of the given wildlife, but it's often just to time-capsule beautiful places.
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I really appreciate being able to visit encapsulated biomes - but even with stuff like wildfire policy it gets weird!
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“Charismatic megafauna” is a phrase that might apply here.
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I don’t not want to meet a pygmy elephant and a giant ground sloth
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water, sugar, pectin, wildlife
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you need very large jars though
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It’s just conservativism of another kind. They want an imaginary pure world that lived in their child heart.
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