Because The History Of Evolution

Human Beings Are So Destructive. I Sometimes Think We're A Kind Of Plague, That Will Scrub The Earth Clean. We Destroy Things So Well That I Sometimes Think, Maybe That's Our Function. Maybe Every Few Eons, Some Animal Comes Along That Kills Off The Rest Of The World, Clears The Decks, And Lets Evolution Proceed To Its Next Phase.

Historically, The Claim Of Consensus Has Been The First Refuge Of Scoundrels; It Is A Way To Avoid Debate By Claiming That The Matter Is Already Settled.

The Truth Is, Almost Nobody Wants To Experience Real Nature. What People Want Is To Spend A Week Or Two In A Cabin In The Woods, With Screens On The Windows. They Want A Simplified Life For A While, Without All Their Stuff. Or A Nice River Rafting Trip For A Few Days, With Somebody Else Doing The Cooking. Nobody Wants To Go Back To Nature In Any Real Way, And Nobody Does. It's All Talk.

Life Will Find A Way.

The Extreme Positions Of The Crossfire Syndrome Require Extreme Simplification - Framing The Debate In Terms Which Ignore The Real Issues.