That's a human trait sometimes used to promote apathy, which is also a human trait.

...man could have marketed them and then he'd have had all the wealth and fame he needed...
Oh yeah, I amost forgot the tale of Michigan J. Frog...

Excellent.

Where Eden = equilibrium with nature.

"until one day the World will say, 'I am no more and I have nothing left to give."

And then man will die. And the later that point is pushed back, the more things which are like man will be taken with him. Mammals, vertebrates, etc. Far enough back and cockroaches will evolve be the next dominant species in a few hundred million years.

Unless, that is, if mankind can retake Eden.

So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay

overpopulation

or other things they believe will cause humans to become extinct

my reaction is "I am not sure that would be a bad thing"

but I weep for all the other life we destroy

humans basically suck as a species

there are individual good humans

but collectively

we suck

...and one of these diseases is man." -- Nietzsche