It's a quibble, but I'd say not that humans are causing it but that humans are influencing it. We may be the most influential species on the planet, but not the only one, and biological life on earth is not the only cause of climate change.
I pause here to wonder: Are we really the most influential species on the planet? We're repeatedly told that the insects outnumber us bazillions to one and even outmass us considerably. We don't count insects' influence on the climate, not because we think they have none but because they're part of nature; their influence is "built in", so to speak, but ours isn't; their influence is natural. That's true, but only because "natural" is defined as "what happens when we don't change it"; we define nature and ourselves in two entirely different categories. Hm, I'll have to think more on this. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Hello. If you're calling with bad news, leave your message now. If it's good news, wait for the tone. -voicemail greeting */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 10:46 My beliefs are we are currently in a 6th mass extinction. The earth has already experienced 5. The difference is this one is caused by human activity. AI might be able to prevent it or perhaps just lengthen and delay its impact. Or wipe us out before it plays out. https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/what-is-the-sixth-mass-extinction-and-what-can-we-do-about-it ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
