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Originally posted by spacebandit
Considering the nature of the human animal, to make war on each other and consume our world with no thought for its future - maybe we shouldn't inflict ourselves on any other species or anywhere else we can rape for materials without any due consideration or care for its future .
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A consideration applied to
all human nature?
Personally, I think your view-point only applies to certain humans. Evolution itself defines
survival as human nature’s integral facet. The instinct of the ‘hunter - gatherer’ might stop short of anything more than fulfilling one’s needs to survive, given the conscience and empathy of the evolved human being is what sets us so far apart from other animals.
I think what your theory alludes to, spacebandit, is the nature of the bully. The parasite. One who takes and keeps taking. One whose egomania is so rampant that no amount is enough to satisfy, leading to them seeking satisfaction in destruction, with no ability to appreciate that they themselves are merely a part of nature and easily capable of maintaining balance if their conceit and delusion would allow it.
Of course, the egomaniac may claim that “man himself will wipe out man”. Some people become so enamoured by the achievements of the human race, there’s that underlying notion amongst the conceited and delusional that the war-mongers who plan, execute and glorify destruction and in turn gain power or dominance, must therefore be nature’s ideal of the evolved human being. I tend to disagree. I wouldn’t dismiss the theory that the rapid evolution of scientific research and development happens to coincide with the relatively slower evolution of ‘man’, resulting in an almost ‘Catch-22’ scenario where man’s more undesirable, cowardly instincts learn to exploit the triumphs and hard work of others, so as to achieve that power, fulfil that greed and satisfy a lust for chaos (e.g. Any war-monger from history you’d care to name).
So, could man’s wars really wipe out humanity? As I’ve stated, I’m sure the egotistical war-mongers would love to think so. Personally, I think it’s equally as likely they’d just wipe themselves out…
…and, as Jesus Christ supposedly said in his sermon on the mount…“blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth”.
If mother nature proves too strong a force for the ruinous endeavours of
some people, I think humanity could, one day, get the opportunity to evolve it’s technological capabilities and pursue the goal of finding extra-terrestrial life-forms, and who knows what else?
Maybe the evolved human race of the future will be a much more appealing race to visit, from the point of view of extra-terrestrials?
Admin edit: removed emphasis of certain words