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 Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:41 am
I was loafing around work one day with a co-worker named Christina (Yeah. We were slow. stare ), and talking about...Well, just about everything worth debating. We were going back and forth about religion, Wal-Mart, presidential candidates, large corporations, etc. when we finally hit a snag. She has a hypothesis: that disease serves as the planet's 'immune system' to attack us in response to endangering it. She points out how disease is more common in heavily-polluted areas, among other, lesser reasons that I can't remember. x.x
Personally, I disagree with her hypothesis for a number of reasons, but when I asked a few of the customers coming in, -all- of them agreed with her; so, I want to hear what you all think, and I'm going to withhold my reasoning until I see some avatars other then mine in this thread. ~.^
Discuss? Please? crying
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:37 am
It makes sense to me. Although I wouldn't call it immune system or antibodies as that sounds far too active a destructive force.
But If you look at our world now there are a great number of threats to the earth's health and not least among them is overpopulation. Every time I see a new medical advance I'm both happy and sad. I'm happy that in the unlikely event that someone that I love comes down with it they'll be less likely to die but at the same time I can feel the earth screeching in terror.
If something isn't done about it we will populate ourselves, and the rest of the world, into extinction.
(yes a little melodramatic but MEH! You know exactly what I mean. YES Life will go on without us...but it'll be without us.)
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:22 am
I disagree. Yeah, heavily polluted areas are more exposed to sickness, but think about it. That's our own progress biting us in the a**, not the planet trying to get rid of us. Ever heard of cause and effect?
I don't think the world is anywhere near overpopulated. Some areas are heavily saturated, but the planet itself has capacity for more humans, unless we eat ourselves into extinction. I mean, look at things from an antfarm perspective. Many ants on some parts of the farm, parts of the farm with little population, parts of the farm with no ants, and parts where the ants can't live in. That simple. That's how our planet has always been laid out. To be honest, I find it ridiculous that people think the planet is in danger and is using methods to kill us. The planet is not in danger because of us, and we're in danger for the same reasons the planet itself would be in danger.
Global Warming, Ice Ages, desertification, all these things are merely stages in this planet's lifecycle. It will begin anew, as do all things. We can die off, but as long as Earth remains in a favorable position (relative to the sun) it will remain a host to life, even if it's not our own.
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:18 pm
BIood Moon I was loafing around work one day with a co-worker named Christina (Yeah. We were slow. stare ), and talking about...Well, just about everything worth debating. We were going back and forth about religion, Wal-Mart, presidential candidates, large corporations, etc. when we finally hit a snag. She has a hypothesis: that disease serves as the planet's 'immune system' to attack us in response to endangering it. She points out how disease is more common in heavily-polluted areas, among other, lesser reasons that I can't remember. x.x Personally, I disagree with her hypothesis for a number of reasons, but when I asked a few of the customers coming in, -all- of them agreed with her; so, I want to hear what you all think, and I'm going to withhold my reasoning until I see some avatars other then mine in this thread. ~.^ Discuss? Please? crying Well, heavy-polluted areas are a strain on the immune system to being with. They are a strain on general on all bodily functions in general, but when the body itself will try and fight the invader in question, it will have less resources and less adequate means to fight it, thus requiring medical help. We are the cause and effects. We are the ones reshaping the land in our gruesome image and coping with the downsides by our other very resourceful means.
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