We Humans are special in Nature’s system
Opinion from the Internet on Humanity’s place in Nature:
“All species face extinction. That was and is the pattern. We are not special.”
I apologise but I have to disagree with your at least in two counts:
1.I don’t know if you meant extinction when the Sun explodes, but if you didn’t mean that, then Nature in general doesn’t face extinction.
As the evidence during the global quarantine shows, the moment Humanity retreats, stops the harmful, destructive activities, Nature immediately starts to repair itself, even animals we thought were extinct reappeared.
On the other hand Humanity is on the brink of self-destruction, which can start any moment from multiple sources at multiple locations. As the pandemic showed it, if we have to deal with a truly virulent and deadly disease, Humanity would be wiped out within months as we are unable to cooperate, react and solve problems through global cooperation, making the well-being, survival of everybody our priority. Add to this the growing antibiotic resistance and you have a true disaster in waiting.
And then we have the speeding climate change, imminent socioeconomic collapse due to an unsustainable consumerist system, imminent wars as leaders have no other “solutions” to break out of the dead-end we find ourselves in.
So Nature only needs to wait patiently until we self-destruct and then it can restore the balance and homeostasis we are breaking.
2. We are actually special as the only “creatures” in Nature with a fully aware, independent consciousness, ability for critical self-assessment, self-change.
Thus we have the true, practical ability to recognize how we are heading for self-destruction and we can change ourselves and prevent it through the right, purposeful, practical, scientific method.
So we are special as the only beings that can consciously change themselves through free choice and integrate into Nature by their own efforts - and “own”, control the system as a result!