... to survive and exist - in analogy, for instance, to a pathogenic bacterial invasion / infection inside a human body?
2006-07-28 23:36:46 · 9 answers · asked by lowonbrain 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No. this is not so.
Humans surely cause SOME species to die, but it does not make them a disease. In fact, a lot of species made other species die, this is called survival of the fittest.
In reality, humans help as many species as they harm. Cockroaches and rats thrive in human cities, to a lesser degree pigeons, sparrows and even raccoons. All these species are WAY more numerous since humans came around -- they survive and thrive in human cities.
So humans are not a "disease", they are just a NEW part of the environment that animals have to adopt to or die out, just like dinosaurs, and ice ages.
2006-07-29 10:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by hq3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is a multi-faceted concept. Life may refer to the ongoing process of which living things are a part; the period between the birth (or a point at which the entity can be considered to be living) and death of an organism; the condition of an entity that has been born (or reached the point in its existence at which it can be established to be alive) and has yet to die; and that which makes a living thing alive.
2006-07-29 06:54:31 · answer #2 · answered by Princess illusion 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noo -- of course not. We are made in the image of God helself -- not only an integral part of the universe (a even disease is) but heirs to his knowledge, wisdom and power. Unfortunately we have free will, and our undisciplines exercise of it has harmed many species on the planet.
2006-07-29 06:46:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot say that the human race is a disease at any rate. That is because any disease is meant to destroy not to create while the human were created to worship God and to make civilization;no disease can make a cilvilization or innovate.live well.
2006-07-29 06:44:46 · answer #4 · answered by Mr.volunteer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to speak from an evolutionary standpoint, I think we have become to well adapted to our environment. we have no natural predators and its not the strong that survive, its everyone.
of course this problem will correct itself. humans will either learn to live in a symbiotic relationship with the earth or enough people will die to let the earth renew itself. or all life on earth might perish. or we could get hit by an asteroid tommorow and we could all die.
The childrens book "wump world" kind of addresses this topic. you might enjoy reading it!
2006-07-29 06:52:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No--bacteria can't help what they do, they can't observe their surroundings, change their minds, reach agreement or plan things out. The infection must run its course, and either destroy the host or die out, usually quickly. We as human beings have choices we can make, and those can ultimately preserve and even improve the world as we find it.
2006-07-29 06:48:04 · answer #6 · answered by Rollin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's an interesting way to look at it...I've never really thought of it that way. I would hope not, but you can't be sure the rate we're going at right now. Or at least I can't be sure....thnx for the food for thought!
2006-07-30 00:16:45 · answer #7 · answered by Shannon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I DON'T THINK THE HUMAN RACE MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE, JUST SLOWS THINGS FOR A WHILE.
2006-07-29 06:45:16 · answer #8 · answered by PAULA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You got right baby!!!!
Knowledge is evil , Ignorance is Bliss.
-AK
2006-07-29 06:45:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anand Kulkarni 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋