Humans a Supervirus.

Fishfriend1

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Someone brought up the idea that all life was a virus (or sorts) and would spread and destroy everything it touched, if it could overpower all the other viruses. That same person then came up with the idea that humans were a supervirus and as such were destroying everything else. He was his line of thought:

Viruses enter a cell, change it to suit their purpose, and then the cell dies. The virus then spreads somewhere else and continues it's rampage.

Humans enter an enviorment, change it to suit their purposes, then the enviorment is destroyed. Humans are then forces to look elsewhere for new resources and continue their rampage.

All life, if permitted, would do just what we do, but humans are a "supervirus" thanks to our ability to A) Adapt, B) Overpower everything, and C) Change an enviorment using tools. Our advanced intellegnece allows us to create tools and spread more efficiantly.

Personally, I think the guy was watching too much Matrix :) What do you of Aquaria Central think?
 
I see what he's saying... But it seems like overkill to call us superviruses that want to destroy everything lol. I'm guessing his next speech went something like "humans are a disgrace to our world... We must eradicate!!!!"
 
homedog98 said:
I see what he's saying... But it seems like overkill to call us superviruses that want to destroy everything lol. I'm guessing his next speech went something like "humans are a disgrace to our world... We must eradicate!!!!"
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as a matter of fact it was.
 
I think he needs to read more and watch less TV. It's his idea and no matter how ludicrous it may be, he is entitled to it. IMO - He needs a larger dose of reality.
 
Unless this person has either committed suicide or is a serial killer he/she is either a hypocrite or finds this conclusion to be a good thing.
 
It is an understandable comparison but he needs to learn the definition of "virus". While it would be a good way to decribe how we as humans heed to take care of the enviornment, it is not something that he can just say like that. Humans and viruses may have similar behaviors but they are not the same.
 
i actually agree with him. but not about humans being a supervirus, more like cancer to the world. we are destroying our OWN world.... pelluting the air, destorying the ozone, destroying nature..... killing off animals that are now almost exticnk...
 
livebearerfreak said:
i actually agree with him. but not about humans being a supervirus, more like cancer to the world. we are destroying our OWN world.... pelluting the air, destorying the ozone, destroying nature..... killing off animals that are now almost exticnk...
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If it's ours, we can do what we want, right?

This is the big flaw in most groups trying to protect the planet. They use phrases like that. Truth be told, it's not our world. We aren't the only species on the planet. If you consider it a world for/of humans, why mention nature or other animals (yes, humans are animals)? I think anyone who is going to make statements like this, whether they are part of an orginization or not, need to do some actual research on the topic. For example, whoever was talking to FF, humans are animals whether you want to admit it or not. Humans are not viruses and neither is an other animal. To say they are one in the same is simply not true.
 
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