I don’t think the planet will stop being able to sustain life because of us. Life will look different. But like a particularly sexy chaotician once said “life finds a way”
I think it’s arrogant of us to think that the world ends with us. Even if it does. If the the timeline is truly infinite then life will find it’s way back
This is not to say I don’t support climate science. I still want us to try to fix the harm we have done and limit our future impact
I don’t think its arrogance just a reflection of the current level of understanding earth systems. We have grown in capacity and reach to be affecting the fundamental systems of life. Those systems have been self-healing but we are causing unprecedented significant and wide reaching change and there’s a non-zero chance we will hit positive feedback loops that completely disrupt the mechanisms of life on this planet.
Its a very minor point of disagreement but its just to acknowledge the scale of impact we are making. We’ve been fooled by how good earth is maintaining life that its less fragile and precious than it is
I don’t think the planet will stop being able to sustain life because of us. Life will look different. But like a particularly sexy chaotician once said “life finds a way”
I think it’s arrogant of us to think that the world ends with us. Even if it does. If the the timeline is truly infinite then life will find it’s way back
This is not to say I don’t support climate science. I still want us to try to fix the harm we have done and limit our future impact
I don’t think its arrogance just a reflection of the current level of understanding earth systems. We have grown in capacity and reach to be affecting the fundamental systems of life. Those systems have been self-healing but we are causing unprecedented significant and wide reaching change and there’s a non-zero chance we will hit positive feedback loops that completely disrupt the mechanisms of life on this planet.
Its a very minor point of disagreement but its just to acknowledge the scale of impact we are making. We’ve been fooled by how good earth is maintaining life that its less fragile and precious than it is
While we disagree I respect your thoughtful response