tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post5934209531514215034..comments2024-02-15T07:19:24.972-05:00Comments on The Daily Doubter: Ten animals that might be extinct within the next decadeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-22338053771006561052007-06-14T13:31:00.000-04:002007-06-14T13:31:00.000-04:00Aren’t we finding 1000's of new species a year??Ye...<I>Aren’t we finding 1000's of new species a year??</I><BR/><BR/>Yes.<BR/><BR/><I>And isn't extinction part of evolution?</I><BR/><BR/>Yes.<BR/><BR/><I>Without extinction there would be no evolution, no "survival of the fittest", as all would survive.</I><BR/><BR/>False. Evolution can and does occur absent of extinction.<BR/><BR/><I>Extinction is a natural part of natural selection and is not an inherently bad thing.</I><BR/><BR/>True. And the post you are commenting on contains quoted text that states this. Repeating that back as some sort of rebuttal is a bit of a strange debate tactic.<BR/><BR/><I>my point is that to for us as humans to be so self-indulgent to think that we are the “cause” of everything from extinctions to global warming is the ultimate in selfishness.</I><BR/><BR/>Your point is an assertion based in arm-chair speculation about the psychological motivations of scientists who have determined the reality of the fact that the current warming trend and the elevated extinction rate are human driven events.<BR/><BR/><I>Extinction happened at a far faster rate at times in our history,</I><BR/><BR/>This point is irrelevant regardless of whether or not it is true.<BR/><BR/><I>global warming has happened many, many times, as has cooling, thousands even millions of years before we were ever around.</I><BR/><BR/>Ditto. It is irrelevant. These are trivial objections, and ridiculous to think that the world's scientific community did not take into account such considerations.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-8510668118282184812007-06-13T17:04:00.000-04:002007-06-13T17:04:00.000-04:00Aren’t we finding 1000's of new species a year?? T...Aren’t we finding 1000's of new species a year?? They even recently found a new large mammal. And isn't extinction part of evolution? Without extinction there would be no evolution, no "survival of the fittest", as all would survive. Extinction is a natural part of natural selection and is not an inherently bad thing. I’m being a bit facetious, but my point is that to for us as humans to be so self-indulgent to think that we are the “cause” of everything from extinctions to global warming is the ultimate in selfishness. Extinction happened at a far faster rate at times in our history, global warming has happened many, many times, as has cooling, thousands even millions of years before we were ever around.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="cmansmoneypages.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Cman's Money Page - Profitable Productive Blogging</A>Proletariatof1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10751887381665122110noreply@blogger.com