Reply #126: For animals without reason .... yes ...

[chicagiana]

For animals with the ability for foresight and planning, the old biological rules do not apply.

BTW, mass-extinction is typically a result of climatic super catastrophe. No such super catastophe exists here. The SOURCE of the mass extinction is the presence of a "super-predator". US ...

Basically, human beings are the ULTIMATE invasive species on this planet. A lack of biodiversity is distressing. And I agree a certain amount of resources and potential will be lost.

However, the conclusion that human beings will eat themselves into extinction seems a bit pre-mature to me. Our species has already outlasted periods of massive starvation as mass culling of our numbers.

Beyond disease, humanity is it's sole predator. It is the mind that has made us more versatile than ALL the other animals.

As far as apoclyptic visions go, I'm more concerned with:

1) Yellowstone blowing it's top.
2) Large Meteor/Comet Strike.
3) Nuclear war.

THESE are the things that have the potential to end humanity. Global warming simply threatens our numbers and where we habitate.