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> Humanity doesn’t hate itself, we like ourselves, which is why we are so concerned about what we are doing to ourselves.

Yeah. The argument that single cellular life or some small animals might survive and eventually evolve into something else is a bit weird for people who are hoping they don't die out like many species have in the past when there have been major changes to climate and carbon levels.

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Exactly. People often get lost in this "we must save the planet" argument, but realistically, the planet is gonna be fine.

Preventing climate change is about saving humanity, not the planet.

How is this pedantic point useful in any way?

I swear, if one more person quotes an old George Carlin bit, as if it were still clever or useful...or as if said person didn't know what was meant by the statement.

> How is this pedantic point useful in any way?

Because it forces us to recognize that the risk isn't to "the Earth" as a separate entity, but to ourselves specifically (well, our future descendants).

We've already confirmed through our behavior that humans largely don't care about any other part of the Earth ecosystem, so asking people to basically do the right thing as a favor to the Earth are probably wasting their time.

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