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#203 – Peter Godfrey-Smith on interfering with wild nature, accepting death, and the origin of complex civilisation

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Embrace Humanity over Wilderness

The debate centers on the balance between human expansion and the contraction of wild nature. A thought-provoking perspective suggests that if one could choose to be born as a human or a wild animal, the preference for being human implies a justification for the existence of more humans, even at the expense of wild animals. This notion challenges the ethical considerations surrounding conservation and human development, positing that the value of human life may outweigh the preservation of certain wild species.

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