To think human extinction is not a bad thing

[topsagain]

Apart for your nearest and dearest, is it such a bad thing. What have humans done for this panet? If we all died the planet would survive, if insects died the panet would't. Bugs are more valuable than us!

Good luck to the bugs!

It's a bad thing for humans.

Of course the planet would survive if all the insects died. It's only a ball of rock and has existed with no life far longer than with life. FFS.

We’ll die out eventually - either before or at the time the planet is engulfed by the sun.

YANBU, OP. We are vile as a species.

Agree, the best thing for the planet and other species (if there are any left) is if and when humans become extinct

If we died and even insects did so etching else would come along, with how long the planet has existed we are a tiny part of what's happened.

Extinction has happened to lots of species, the only difference for humans is that we are aware of the process and therefore worry about it. It's fine though, humans haven't always existed and we won't continue to exist indefinitely be that by our own hand or not. Life is a greater force than us and what happens post human infestation on planet earth is, mercifully, not our business.

There is a finite time for us as a species. There is an end point for all life on our planet as the sun will eventually die and the key components that are necessary for life will no longer be here.

My son is obsessed with planets and the solar system and the upshot of that is I now know a fair amount about it. The recent series by Brian Cox was fascinating. It has the ability to lift you away from the minutiae of daily life and make you realise just how insignificant we are. We are one person on one planet in a solar system in a universe full of billions of solar systems. Honestly it doesn’t matter if we die out or the planet no longer supports life. It’s insignificant.

Overall we’ve not been great - but we are very unique, there’s no animal like us on earth or in the known universe so I think if we died out it would be a bit sad...

YANBU

CantspellWontspell true, but as a human, and that we are the ones to be aware unlike other species, don't you wonder why

Of course the planet would survive if all the insects died. It's only a ball of rock and has existed with no life far longer than with life.

I think the OP meant life on Earth, not just the existence of the planet as a ball of rock. Insects are crucial to the rest of the life on our planet; humans are not.

Pinkblueberry
I think we are unique because our biology does not compliment our thinking.
We understand our biological drives, processes, but out minds are not intune with them.

OriginofSpecies
This, exactly

Every time I see how badly humans treat their fellow creatures I wish that we would become extinct overnight.

I think if we died out it would be a bit sad...
But there’s literally nothing but humans who care. The pandas don’t care that they’re almost extinct. The rhinos don’t care. The dodo doesn’t care that it’s gone. The rhinos don’t care that the dodos are gone.

The only thing lamenting the state we’re making of the planet is us. Once we’re gone, whichever of the planet’s inhabitants we leave behind can carry on existing and not caring that they exist.

Totally agree, save the bees and sod the humans. We are a disgusting species, destructive and selfish.

Well isn't this a jolly thread

I do agree with you though OP . Everyday a new atrocity involving human beings doing something to each other, or an animal or a child etc.

It's only a ball of rock and has existed with no life far longer than with life.

That's not true, fossil bacteria have been found as far back as the planet has been cool enough to support life. Which suggest bacteria may exist other places with appropriate conditions. Big question is how common multicellular life is, is this planet the only place in the universe with life as we know it or is it everywhere? And particularly how many planets have intelligent life? We are pretty amazing really, we are intelligent, have complex social structures, are good at teaching and use tools. It would be a shame if we were to die out altogether, although I know we need a smaller population.

We are pretty amazing really, we are intelligent, have complex social structures, are good at teaching and use tools. It would be a shame if we were to die out altogether, although I know we need a smaller population.
And a population that wasn't trying to kill each other over religion preferably.

We are a disgusting species, destructive and selfish.

All species are. Like us, they are all programmed to do whatever it takes to pass on their genes. We are more capable of overriding that than any other species, and of doing things that are altruistic. Admittedly we are still very bad at doing so, but that's because we are still animals too.

We're about due for a major extinction and not before time.

Been saying this for years!

The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement would agree...