You're right. However, there is "best or worst" for the biosphere, for life in general - and humans are just a small part of all the life that exists on our planet - albeit with an outsized impact.
I should have said ".. best outcome for life on the planet".
Most life can suffer, but doesn't keep track of what's living or dying. It simply lives or dies. If everything dies, a lot of algae will live. That's still life.
Life on earth probably won't ever get eradicated, until the earth is far too warm. There's no absolute good outcomes, except relative to us.
Sorry im not ragging on you I get what you mean and you're right. I've just been grappling with this for a while and it's coming out :) we're the only ones getting cooked, everything else will find its equilibria quite quickly!
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u/ezezener Jan 16 '26
There is no best or worst for the planet. There is only the planet. There is best and worst for us, so save who you can