It Is Worth Saving Of course the human race is worth saving! If humans are not worth saving, then what is? If humans do not exist, Earth would just be run by animals and the amount of progress in the world would be very low. If we can't save people then what is worth saving? Posted by: MichaelKnight Report Post

We should do way more than just save ourselves Overpopulation, human race is a virus, they destroy everything, bla bla bla.

We have an urge to survive and we also have an urge to expand, and we also want to observe our environment. But observing our environment means affecting it too, and we don't mind that. We want to have the most impact on the environment well impacting ourselves as well. This urge compels us to do all the stupid crap that we do. Perhaps when people hear about how pollution is killing animals, its not that they don't care, its that they wouldn't have it any other way. If they heard that what we do isn't doing anything, we would feel like we weren't making progress. (if you can call it progress) Sorry, this is kinda hard to put into English.

I find the idea of us dying out or everyone doing nothing but living, reproducing and dying rather dull. Instead of wasting our time playing games (including all the reasons people are saying no) on this planet, we should escape from this planet, explore the universe, become a major element of the universe, observe it and do everything there is to do in the universe.

I hope that this is not just another comment, because that would be dull. I hope it is either the best or the worst comment. I hope it makes an influence on everybody who reads it. Posted by: sloantothebonehimself Report Post

This is a tough argument. It is true that humans wreck the land a lot more than they fix it. I see the horrible towns and cities and just feel like wanting to be a monkey once again. They weren't so bad.



But there are some kind people out there that care for animals (not as pets, as pets in cages are imprisoned (not always bad though)) and some keep endangered species in zoos and intentionally breed them... So they thrive! We can work towards that and make the human race a WONDROUS, creative species.



For some time as I read these arguments I was on the verge of saying no. Obviously and assuming you think I'm trolling, I'm less biased than you think, since I've clicked the other button.



I believe we can fix the human species as a whole and let it restore the world to its former glory.



Who's with me? Report Post

In the grand scheme of things, why not? We are on a minor 4.5 billion year old planet that hurtles through a 14 billion year old universe at around 560 million m/s. Our solar system is relatively small. It exists in a relatively small galaxy that will be consumed by another one in a (astronomically) short time. By contrast our species as we know it has been around somewhere near 200 000 years. We have some evidence of social organization as far back as 11 000 years ago, and only became sedentary and agrarian about 8 100 years ago. Given the infinitesimally small probability of making it this far (or since it happened I guess we could also call the probability 1), why not save ourselves? Certainly no outside power will do it for us. Report Post

Yes. If You're Answer Is No To This Question Why Haven't You Committed Suicide Yet? My headline probably sounds crass, but it's not. If you actually believe that the human race should die out, why live on? True, we continue to struggle through, grasping at a meaning to it all, inevitably always coming up empty. But in the process, we experience love, ecstasy, invention, and expression. If you have felt even one of these things I listed, don't you think that is worth preserving for as long as possible? Report Post

Yes, of course it is. I'll admit, I'm not sure what the point of this question is. No matter what you believe, anyone has to admit the human race is a unique being in the universe as we know it. No other creature has the measure of compassion and justice that humans do. No other being would even being asking a question such as whether their existence is worth considering. Report Post

Why wouldn't it be? If we have the means to prevent the extinction of our species, why shouldn't we? We are a natural part of this universe, our existence isn't alien to it and all our actions and their consequences are part of the equation. In the cosmic chaos of existence we are utterly insignificant anyway. None of it has any meaning other than the meaning we give it. Report Post

Yes it is. The human race is worth saving, any animal kind is worth saving really. I think we should try harder to preserve life for all creatures, not just the humans on this earth. Just because they do not talk and act the way we do does not make them any less important. Report Post

It is our potential not our actions What we could create is reason enough for us to survive. In order to achieve it we must we must fight for it. Of course we may only exist to create an actually impartial artificial intelligence who's purpose is to observe the universe. We may be only one step in the chain..... Only important for what we can do before we exterminate ourselves. Report Post