We can see the impact that humanity has made on the earth by looking at any of the thousands of great cities we have built, but would the majesty of our planet be any more brilliant if we humans had never existed?
2007-08-31 01:46:03 · 18 answers · asked by true_strike 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes, it certainly would be better. I don't think that the earth needs us to "appreciate it". No offense to you personally truly, but I think this question illustrates how self-centered humans really are.
2007-08-31 02:00:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The obvious answer is yes. But we wouldn't be there to appreciate it. It would be fantastic to roam around like Adam and Eve and not have foul air, polluted water and melting ice caps to contend with. But on the other side of the coin, if you got injured, I am sure you would want an ER set up properly to care for you, or a restaurant or food outlet to get food from. For a person to live like Adam and Eve or even Robinson Crusoe, you would need to be a doctor, a farmer, a fisherman, a blacksmith/weaponsmith, a carpenter, a mason,
a shepherd and the list goes on. It's a great dream, but we need to have some industry, power, water, mines etc to have a reasonable standard of living. I agree our world has become a throw away society and needs a new industrial revolution to change the way industries wreck our environment. But I don't think I would enjoy a return to neolithic times and being a hunter gatherer.
2007-08-31 09:00:16 · answer #2 · answered by Chris (Yoolbe) N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be healthier, that's for sure.
And I do think that the world would be nicer. The way I see it the look of cities can't compare to the look of a sunrise/sunset on the beach.
Nature is more beautiful and does so many more wondrous things than anything a human could build.
2007-08-31 08:59:02 · answer #3 · answered by Kia R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish, I could offer a point of view here more brilliant as more critical of human nature than this, but this is true that we are but a part of the physiology of our planet, and in this sense that of the universe. It is only that we tend to deviate from the course of general nature to experiment, to do things freely and intuitively, to improve and develop in our own independent way for this is how we express our human nature that endlessly seeks to excel and transcend all that we find is mere physical and even temporal.
However, intrusive and erroneous then we might be, we are nonetheless ready to learn and improve in our relation with the world at large, as we are also highly self-critical and fairly self-examining. We might be meddlesome but we are also intelligent, compassionate and flexible in our affairs.
Besides, we could never complain about the mess stars create when they burst as supernova with a power of the blast to sterilise the entire solar systems and galaxies. And what about meteorites that strike to blight planetary environments on a mega scale, to cause havoc in biospheres – it has been noted that life on earth has endured mass extinctions at least five times over in entire geological duration. Then there are floods, forest fires, volcanoes, and earthquakes to scorch and burn thousand of years of growth of fauna and flora alongside the waste of many of the animal species.
Besides, if the Earth, its natural beauty, its temporary periods of tranquillity and serenity of its natural scenes is to be appreciated at all then there must be some people, some curious intelligence, to observes and enjoy. And such intelligence, as you know, we humans are, is to appreciate and enjoy then it is also bound to meddle into affairs of general nature to try to enjoy even more, you see.
I would say the Earth, its majestic mountains, its screen lakes, its oceans and wildlife all would be completely meaningless with out a human eye to observe it and appreciate it. It would be like a beautiful masterpiece locked away in a cellar unappreciated and unvalued. This is the fact that for thousands of years human mind has extracted it sense of divine from the mirrors that the Earth holds up to us.
2007-08-31 09:46:06 · answer #4 · answered by Shahid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. "Majesty" is a human concept. There would be no majesty without someone to see it.
The world would certainly not be a better place for me if there were no humans.
It would be different - not better.
2007-08-31 08:50:36 · answer #5 · answered by Matthew O 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very probably. We may have created a lot of beautiful stuff but we are gradually destroying it all and a whole lot more. But having said that things are changing naturally all the time and even without man around there are many things that are created and destroyed by the hand of nature.
2007-08-31 08:51:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you and David share the same 'hatter'? I think we made made a great job of the world. If radical Islam stop driving planes into our cities we may be able to avoid a nuclear standoff. but the way they are going world destruction looks certain there's always someone who has to spoil it.
2007-08-31 08:54:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! The world would be like other dead balls of dirt. The fact the earth could produce life is why its so beautiful despite all the negative impact humans has on it.
2007-08-31 08:54:47 · answer #8 · answered by Retarded Dave 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course not. The divine creator made all things for us to appreciate by developing our understanding like stars dont collide ever since; by improving our self-expression like making poem for the moon, spark our hope if we see gliters of venus and uranus.
2007-08-31 08:55:09 · answer #9 · answered by wilma m 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Brilliant no healthy yes
2007-08-31 08:54:25 · answer #10 · answered by Malicious Intent 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋