[geeks] Mr Bill?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

der Mouse wrote:
>> I teach Environmnetal Science and from all I've read it appears that
>> 99% of the time when humans "improve" on nature, they usually just
>> f__k it up.
> 
> First off, I agree with the basic sentiment I think you are trying to
> express.  But there's something which bas been bothering me for a
> while, which I can perhaps best phrase as a rhetorical question:
> 
> Why do we consider it "damage" when humans alter the planetary
> ecosphere but not when other creatures (pine beetles, ocean algae,
> beaver dams, etc) or effects (volcanoes, sunspots, whatever) do so?

Because we have no control over the effects of those others.  We have 
control only over our own actions.

Peace...  Sridhar