What a load of " hog-wash " .........to put it politely !
Hoffman relates that “late antique and early medieval writers often articulated an adversarial understanding of nature, a belief that it was not only worthless and unpleasant, but actively hostile to … humankind.”..........IT STILL IS !.......LOOK AROUND !....... IT CONSTANTLY TRIES TO KILL US !
But for the serendipitous discovery of penicillin , and it's production and development by Howard Florey , millions who are alive today would never have existed !.
The larger PREDATORY ANIMALS were killed by very brave people who risked life and limb to provide a SAFE ENVIRONMENT for their family and their tribe ! This was SELF-DEFENCE !
It allowed the development of CIVILISATION and CULTURE and stopped the demise of many !
As did the domestication of cattle , pigs , horses and sheep and dogs [ I love dogs ! ]
It was no accident that the "Kiwis" [ New Zealander's ] killed off the HUGE EAGLE that was capable of killing a child ! This same "preservation of the human race" was replicated all over the world as mankind expanded and confronted new and terrible threats ! "Dragons" were real.......not like the Harry Potter version......but large predatory 'lizards" still exist today.....mainly because they were given protection from hunters in reserves ! Now , we even "save sharks" ! How stupid can we get !
The beaches in Australia are now becoming inaccessible due to crocodiles and box-jelly-fish in the North and sharks , sea-snakes and blue-ring-octopuses everywhere else !
Sunburn and drowning is now the least of your worries !
If this keeps-up I think we should start eliminating "do-gooders" while the planet is still habitable.
First they cloned "dolly" [ the sheep....not Parton ! ] then they "fiddled genetically with viruses" and we all caught COVID , now they have re-introduced a life-sized-version of an extinct wolf !
With all these "proof of concept" developments , a falling human birth rate and scientists just itching for fame and fortune , how long will it be before "revivifying Temujin" [ Genghis Khan ]
will seem like a good idea ! He would certainly do something about the human birthrate if he took
after his "previously extinct version" !!!!
So...no.....even Polar Bears need to be culled......again......they are a real problem for some !
What a load of " hog-wash " .........to put it politely !
Hoffman relates that “late antique and early medieval writers often articulated an adversarial understanding of nature, a belief that it was not only worthless and unpleasant, but actively hostile to … humankind.”..........IT STILL IS !.......LOOK AROUND !....... IT CONSTANTLY TRIES TO KILL US !
But for the serendipitous discovery of penicillin , and it's production and development by Howard Florey , millions who are alive today would never have existed !.
The larger PREDATORY ANIMALS were killed by very brave people who risked life and limb to provide a SAFE ENVIRONMENT for their family and their tribe ! This was SELF-DEFENCE !
It allowed the development of CIVILISATION and CULTURE and stopped the demise of many !
As did the domestication of cattle , pigs , horses and sheep and dogs [ I love dogs ! ]
It was no accident that the "Kiwis" [ New Zealander's ] killed off the HUGE EAGLE that was capable of killing a child ! This same "preservation of the human race" was replicated all over the world as mankind expanded and confronted new and terrible threats ! "Dragons" were real.......not like the Harry Potter version......but large predatory 'lizards" still exist today.....mainly because they were given protection from hunters in reserves ! Now , we even "save sharks" ! How stupid can we get !
The beaches in Australia are now becoming inaccessible due to crocodiles and box-jelly-fish in the North and sharks , sea-snakes and blue-ring-octopuses everywhere else !
Sunburn and drowning is now the least of your worries !
If this keeps-up I think we should start eliminating "do-gooders" while the planet is still habitable.
First they cloned "dolly" [ the sheep....not Parton ! ] then they "fiddled genetically with viruses" and we all caught COVID , now they have re-introduced a life-sized-version of an extinct wolf !
With all these "proof of concept" developments , a falling human birth rate and scientists just itching for fame and fortune , how long will it be before "revivifying Temujin" [ Genghis Khan ]
will seem like a good idea ! He would certainly do something about the human birthrate if he took
after his "previously extinct version" !!!!
So...no.....even Polar Bears need to be culled......again......they are a real problem for some !