My exact opinion.
I had an argument with a professor yesterday because he said we should stop destroying the Earth (that's a yes from me) and "in some environments without human intervention, some species would outnumber some others, so we have to bring balance to that". At this point I was like wtf, who are you to decide? Why are you working against natural selection? How is that -arbitrarily declared positive- impact not a problem when you look at the bigger picture? And his answer was that biodiversity is important and otherwise species go extinct, but I feel like it didn't answer it at all. Why is it so important that we help a species we like even though we're working against the ecosystem's natural balance?
I probably didn't explain my point clearly enough as he only just gave me that answer and to me biodiversity should be preserved but not forced and maintained artificially. Can I have y'all thoughts on that?
I would argue some species are a building block akin to the foundation of their ecostystem and without support, the end results can be disastrous. For example, bee population is touted as important to all biospheres, (and while the argument about whether or not the huge bee death tolls that get counted every once in a while is a pressing enough matter) and should they go extinct, a lot of plants, and animals that rely on those plants will suffer as a result of a drastic drop in the bee population. Simply letting the bee population die isn't a pleasant scenario, but part of the argument is that Humans are tied closely to all biospheres of influence wherever they live. Being able to take a better look at the future imparts responsibility to ensure life flourishes since we are part of the natural cycle no matter how technologically/socially advanced we become.
I had an argument with a professor yesterday because he said we should stop destroying the Earth (that's a yes from me) and "in some environments without human intervention, some species would outnumber some others, so we have to bring balance to that". At this point I was like wtf, who are you to decide? Why are you working against natural selection? How is that -arbitrarily declared positive- impact not a problem when you look at the bigger picture? And his answer was that biodiversity is important and otherwise species go extinct, but I feel like it didn't answer it at all. Why is it so important that we help a species we like even though we're working against the ecosystem's natural balance?
I probably didn't explain my point clearly enough as he only just gave me that answer and to me biodiversity should be preserved but not forced and maintained artificially. Can I have y'all thoughts on that?