For Fairweather

[olyclimber]

You should enjoy this article Fairweather

 

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19225731.100-imagine-earth-without-people.html

[cj001f]

you never send me flowers anymore Olyclimber

[olyclimber]

here's a bouquet for you little buddy:

[Figger_Eight]

Interesting read

[cj001f]

here's a bouquet for you little buddy:

 

there's no need to be an olymprick!

[catbirdseat]

That's akin to navel contemplation. A stimulating intellectual exercise, but not a productive use of one's time.

[olyclimber]

you have apparently never contemplated the right navel CBS. but we already knew that.

[catbirdseat]

you have apparently never contemplated the right navel CBS. but we already knew that.

I refer you to the knottygirl thread...

[Mr_Phil]

you have apparently never contemplated the right navel CBS. but we already knew that.

I refer you to the knottygirl thread...

 

The correct answer is:

 

[tvashtarkatena]

You should enjoy this article Fairweather

 

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19225731.100-imagine-earth-without-people.html

...und zee ratio of liberals to our kind would have to be, I zink, 100 to 1...

[Fairweather]

Interesting article. I've often wondered the same questions that are posed and partially answered in the piece. The article seems to make the all-too-common assumption that humans are apart from nature. Creationism put aside - as it must be for a discussion like this - we humans are either wholly part of the evolution of this planet, or not. I don't doubt that if you remove one species from the web others will thrive. And I'm not trying to suggest we can't or shouldn't try our best to minimize our impact on this natural world of which we're a part. I'm not, however, in any hurry to go quietly into the night.

[G-spotter]

If a tree falls in a silent forest and kills a does it make a sound?

[pope]

If a tree falls in a silent forest and kills a does it make a sound?

 

Exactly. When we're gone, what species will be intelligent enough to articulate its appreciation for the inherent value of Earth's ecological systems? Anyway, I can't see humans disappearing. I can see our population growing exponentially until we reach about half of the planet's carrying capacity, followed by a diminishing rate of increase, like any other population subject to logistic growth.

[JayB]

Maybe even a decrease if the predictions about Japan and Euroland are correct.