The Motivated Youth » Carl Sagan http://themotivatedyouth.com We're the kids that make it happen, not the kids who happen to make it Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:00:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Bombs Away: Why Extinction is OK :) http://themotivatedyouth.com/2010/01/bombs-away-why-extinction-is-ok/ http://themotivatedyouth.com/2010/01/bombs-away-why-extinction-is-ok/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:46:47 +0000 Maxwell http://themotivatedyouth.com/testingblog/?p=24 Dodo Bird
We, like the majestic dinosaurs of past prehistoric eras, share commonalities that most time go unnoticed. Our species will invariably fail. This disturbing truth is not so disturbing if one considers history. Extinction is natural. Virtually none of the species that existed during the Cretaceous period are active today. Put simply, their evolutionary development was retarded by competition from other species or, in our case, a lack of foresight. We cannot see our imminent demise in the future simply because our collective consciousness hasn’t evolved. We continue to exist happily in a state of mental lethargy.

Humans have eaten more grass than any other animal, ever. Our population is exploding while other less dominant species can’t find any grass to eat. Soon we (humans) wont have any grass to eat either. This is why you should not take more than you need.

“Once organisms get really good at sex, once they evolve the plumbing and passion for it, there gets to be a danger: so many competent DNA-exchanging beings may be born that they will improvidently gobble up all the food or nutrients or prey, and then almost everyone, including their close relatives, will die. This must have occurred innumerable times in the history of life.” – Carl Sagan



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