So sick of people applying human constructs of morality to a universe that doesn't adhere to them.
It's not such a hard thing to understand. We evolved a shared concept of right and wrong for our mutual benefit, for our species' survival. We have a vested interest in the Earth's current ecosystem remaining stable, since it's the same one that enabled us to climb to the top of the food chain and thrive. That's the basis for our desire not to destroy or create things that would threaten the balance.
However, the planet doesn't care. The planet is not a being with survival instinct. There is no 'good' or 'bad' when it comes to Earth.
If we blew the shit out of everything, if we somehow set the world spinning in a tangent towards the sun, it wouldn't be inherently, universally wrong.
If we created a self-sufficient, sustainable and stable society in perfect harmony with nature, treating every living thing on the planet with the utmost care, it also wouldn't be inherently, universally right.
Earth doesn't give a fuck.
It spins until it doesn't, we live until we don't, the ground we walk upon couldn't care less.
People gotta accept the socially constructed nature of their own morals, yo.
I've been trying to put all that comment into words for some time, because it's the sort of attitude which frustrates me when I see it in other people but it's quite hard to take the ideas against that attitude and put them into language which makes sense and isn't insensitive or alienating. So I sat down for at least an hour and honed that comment to distract me from a mildly painful girl-who-I-was-dating-for-a-few-weeks-and-really-quite-liked-has-a-new-boyfriend-who-isn't-me sort of problem. And it took a lot of honing; the first time I wrote it, the example was twice as long and about dying frogs and lizards and God only knows what else was going on.
I suppose I've avoided answering the OP's question with "no", because even though "no" is the logical conclusion of what I'm saying it's the same answer that's representative of the attitude neither of us like.
Do you think humans have contributed anything good to Earth?
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Good answer, dom.
So sick of people applying human constructs of morality to a universe that doesn't adhere to them.
It's not such a hard thing to understand. We evolved a shared concept of right and wrong for our mutual benefit, for our species' survival. We have a vested interest in the Earth's current ecosystem remaining stable, since it's the same one that enabled us to climb to the top of the food chain and thrive. That's the basis for our desire not to destroy or create things that would threaten the balance.
However, the planet doesn't care. The planet is not a being with survival instinct. There is no 'good' or 'bad' when it comes to Earth.
If we blew the shit out of everything, if we somehow set the world spinning in a tangent towards the sun, it wouldn't be inherently, universally wrong.
If we created a self-sufficient, sustainable and stable society in perfect harmony with nature, treating every living thing on the planet with the utmost care, it also wouldn't be inherently, universally right.
Earth doesn't give a fuck.
It spins until it doesn't, we live until we don't, the ground we walk upon couldn't care less.
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hey good to see you back, man.
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Thanks Holzman! although not sure how long I'll stick around.
I'm like a cat burglary or horny teenager - in and out, quick as possible.
People gotta accept the socially constructed nature of their own morals, yo.
I've been trying to put all that comment into words for some time, because it's the sort of attitude which frustrates me when I see it in other people but it's quite hard to take the ideas against that attitude and put them into language which makes sense and isn't insensitive or alienating. So I sat down for at least an hour and honed that comment to distract me from a mildly painful girl-who-I-was-dating-for-a-few-weeks-and-really-quite-liked-has-a-new-boyfriend-who-isn't-me sort of problem. And it took a lot of honing; the first time I wrote it, the example was twice as long and about dying frogs and lizards and God only knows what else was going on.
I suppose I've avoided answering the OP's question with "no", because even though "no" is the logical conclusion of what I'm saying it's the same answer that's representative of the attitude neither of us like.
But yeah, thank you. And welcome back to IIN :)