Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 20:59:47 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <036dd555-4c8b-1d1f-9a82-7f60087bd457@example.net> References: <8b262a1f-507f-ef10-e4d3-a981dca5b7d1@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2181132"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63871 On Sun, 5 Jan 2025, Rich wrote: > D wrote: >> ... The climate has always changed, and humanity has always >> successfully adapted. > > Be careful there. The total time of "human existance" on this earth is > but a small sliver compared to the total time of existence of the earth > itself. > > While 'humanity' has, so far, adapted to the changes the climate has > thrown at us for the small percentage of total earth time we have > existed, the fossil record does record some rather drastic historic > climate changes that very well could be beyond our ability to adapt to > (i.e., they would be 'human extinction events' if they were to reoccur). > > So while we have adapted to the changes we've seen, so far, we've not > had to adapt to all the possible changes the earth is capable of > throwing at us (because we were not around for most of those changes). We have achienved something no other species has done. Science. Add to that the ability to plan long term, and there's nothing to fear. We can even nudge asteroids out of the way, should it be necessary. I'd argue, that we've actually far, far safer from changes in climate and our surroundings than we have ever been before.