[ExI] Pythons and rabbits

[Tomaz Kristan]

Unfortunately, every complex organism is a kind of slaughterhouse itself. I
don't mind for those bacteriae I kill every second. I care for myself
feeling ill doing that. Having fever and such.

Yeah, this biology is a very sloppy prototype of what ought to be.



On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Tomaz Kristan <protokol2020 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I hate poisonous snakes. No matter where they are coming from.
>>
>
> Don't you think that's a little irrational? Fear them, maybe dislike them,
> sure. I respect them and leave them alone.
>
> I dislike almost all the biology. I like some humans and some flowers and
>> some other plants. Have some empathy for domestic cats or an occasional dog
>> or horse.
>>
>> But I see no intrinsic value in our ecosystems.
>>
>
> I do. I think the vast numbers of individuals and species of life on
> Earth, past and present, makes life infinitely more complex, interesting,
> and rewarding than it would be without them. That doesn't mean I think
> every extinction is a tragedy. But living in an environment, real or
> simulated, in which people are the only forms of live would get old pretty
> quickly.
>
>
>> It's just a big slaughterhouse if you look it closely enough.
>>
>
> Or maybe it's one big, complex organism.
>
> -Dave
>
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