Reply #10: More like cancer [View All]

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The difference is, humans evolved on the Earth. We are just as much a part of the biosphere as any other species. We do belong here.

The problem is, we've decided to grow and multiply without bounds, poisoning the Earth's bloodstream with toxic waste products, and consuming the host in the process.

We're a natural part of the Earth's body gone rogue -- Just like cancer.

The precise nature of our cancer? Sometimes I think it ultimately stems from mind/body dualism -- that which makes us arrogantly believe we have a 'soul' that is more important than our bodies and the Earth itself. If we didn't separate our 'minds' (which we consider to be truly 'us') from our bodies (that which generates this 'mind'), it would be easier for people to see the real situation, and our true place in the biosphere.