Today is one of those days where my old personality peeks through. A reminder to myself how precious individual lives are. How awe inspiring that we exist. That I exist. That everyone of us is a descendant of species who survived. The awe I felt in museums as a child and an adult that somehow between magma and various rocks we came to be. As the old saying goes The possibility that life exists on earth is like winning the lottery billions of times. The incredible awe at dinosaurs never left me. How and why did they get so big? How did they exist in a CO2 environment ten times our own?
I need to remind myself every now and again.
Especially when we call ourselves the worst species that ever existed. No. A minority is pure evil but generally we can do and create some amazing things.
A new dinosaur was discovered. I don't know if that is what the animal looked like. But if it did, what was it up against that required such spikes for self-defence? *gulp*
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| By Matthew Dempsey |
This is an excellent article: https://lamont.columbia.edu/news/you-asked-dinosaurs-survived-when-co2-was-extremely-high-why-cant-humans
This is a hostile planet and yet life thrives.
Life is precious. We exist. We are here. I am here. And life is bigger than a dinosaur.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for writing this and reminding me to appreciate life itself.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we're "the worst species that ever existed" but I do think we have a tendency to dominate and monopolize resources -- as will any species given the right conditions.
ReplyDeleteCodex: Agreed. It's what we evolved from. Even wild Elephants will destroy trees then move on.
DeleteLife is pretty amazing. New life, how it comes to be from eggs to adult form is awesome.
ReplyDeleteegg/seed
DeleteOld personality vs new personality? What's the difference?
DeleteCodex: Yes. It can be.
DeleteA series of events that I had no control over changed a funny optimist who can take on anything into someone more pessimistic. The current world order change isn't helping.