Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Sun, 5 Jan 2025, Rich wrote:

D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

... The climate has always changed, and humanity has always
successfully adapted.

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Be careful there.  The total time of "human existance" on this earth is
but a small sliver compared to the total time of existence of the earth
itself.
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While 'humanity' has, so far, adapted to the changes the climate has
thrown at us for the small percentage of total earth time we have
existed, the fossil record does record some rather drastic historic
climate changes that very well could be beyond our ability to adapt to
(i.e., they would be 'human extinction events' if they were to reoccur).
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So while we have adapted to the changes we've seen, so far, we've not
had to adapt to all the possible changes the earth is capable of
throwing at us (because we were not around for most of those changes).

We have achienved something no other species has done. Science. Add to that the ability to plan long term, and there's nothing to fear. We can even nudge asteroids out of the way, should it be necessary. I'd argue, that we've actually far, far safer from changes in climate and our surroundings than we have ever been before.