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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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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is it a preserve if it introduces new selection pressures? or eliminates old ones?
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when did Theseus' Ship stop being Theseus' Ship? was it when the first board was replaced, or when the last board was replaced? the answer is: it was never Theseus' Ship we can never remove interference-with-nature -- just by observing it, we've "delved too deep" to not-affect
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if nature does It's Thing, Undisturbed By Human Colonization
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Bill preserves as arenas for more public support
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Or a cookout
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