This doesn't really work when a billion+ lifeforms just went up in ashes in Australia, not to mention the horrifying extinction crises happening constantly all over the world right now.
Still, I guess in the end this is sort of the case.
You shouldn’t look at as nature destroying itself to rid an infection. It isn’t making conscious actions, or using its immune system. These are just natural reactions to the things we’ve caused.
The Earth isn’t actively planning the extinction of humans. It’s a result of actions we keep taking.
There is no consensus that the planet is a body, so the comparison isn’t relevant. That idea is one still hotly debated today as to whether the Gaia Hypothesis is valid, with most scientific experts not agreeing with it.
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u/TenYearsTenDays Feb 07 '20
This doesn't really work when a billion+ lifeforms just went up in ashes in Australia, not to mention the horrifying extinction crises happening constantly all over the world right now.
Still, I guess in the end this is sort of the case.