Comment by southernplaces7
Comment by southernplaces7 3 days ago
Yes but we shouldn't be depending on "stable systems" for civilization on this planet. Firstly, because that's a recipe for a brittle little civilization and secondly, because such stability is in any case a myth. Nature itself is subject to catastrophic transformations by its own dynamics, and among these is the phenomenon of species transplantation and invasion.
The supposed equilibrium and "balance" of nature that many environmentalists harp about are fabricated human myth with little bearing on reality.
Also, curiously, we could theoretically owe our entire modern existence as living things, to a particularly giant example of nature randomly facilitating the invasive expansion of one type of life at the cost of many others.
That's right, i'm talking about the Great Oxidation Event