the desert searching for other life in the universe. Why is it that we care about life in other parts of the universe but we could give a rat's butt about life on our own planet? I'm so confused. Coral reefs which contain such abundant, extraordinarily beautiful, awesome creatures are bleached and dying throughout the world. In fifty years polar bears will be found at zoos and in the combined DNA of grizzlies but nowhere else. But, there is a large array in the desert searching for intelligent life outside our planet. Well, perhaps on the other hand that's not a bad idea to search for intelligent life elsewhere, because we are certainly not finding it here, except in rare instances. One such rare intelligence is a man by the name of E.O. Wilson.
He says:
"In one sense we know much less about Earth than we do about Mars. The vast majority of life forms on our planet are still undiscovered, and their significance for our own species remains unknown. This gap in our knowledge is a serious matter: we will never completely understand and preserve the living world around us at our present level of ignorance.
"If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos."
Edward O. Wilson, The world's leading authority on Biodiversity, Emeritus Professor of Biology at Harvard and author of "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth."
As I write this, I can envision some believers out there thinking and saying that this is just all part of the foretold end of the world. Nonsense. We are called upon to be stewards of the earth. Where is our estimation of sincerity for our home, our Earth? It is our gift and we have squandered its riches.
Instead of focusing on life outside the universe, lets concentrating on saving the one we have.
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