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substituted_pinions t1_j9803xg wrote

No, sometimes disproportionate environmental stresses like this make everything die off. No virtuous cycle. Endgame.

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mwb213 t1_j9855l8 wrote

I mean, you're not wrong. A meteor striking the Earth, making the conditions in an ecosystem inhospitable to life without necessarily introducing a cycle of degradation is consistent with your commebt. But that's not mutually exclusive with humans introducing a species that later becomes invasive, ultimately resulting in fundamental alterations to the ecosystem.

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