Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Sun, 5 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 05/01/2025 12:06, D wrote:

  On Sat, 4 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

So locusts arent natural either?
Hmm.
I wonder if you know you are looking through a religious lens?

 Don't you worry about the locusts! I think we discussed a long time ago, the possibility of capturing the swarming african locusts and creating the worlds most successful insect protein company! Problem solved, and we'll make a lot of money at the same time! =D

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Locusts here are simply an example.
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The issue is the post Christian Garden-of-Eden eternal (= sustainable and renewable) Paradise of Total Perfection (some point at which the climate and ecosystem were in fact Perfect) ...and the concept of the Original Sin of man tampering with it and making it morally *worse*.
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99.99% of all species that ever existed were extinct long before humans appeared and the amount of climate change the Earth has undergone in its history dwarfs the 0.4°C rise since 1950 or whatever they latest wet finger estimate is...

This is very interesting! I always thought it was 95%:ish or so, but I won't quarrel with 99.99% either. ;)
As for the amount of climate change, this is very important to highlight. People today become hysterical over a winter without snow, despite the fact, that this has happened many, many times all over the world.
I think you point to a very important historical fact that more people should be aware of.

..we may have lost religion, but Puritanism and Nature worship is back with a vengeance.

It's almost as if it is a human reflex. Since it has been denied religion as an outlet, it creates something else, and manifests itself 10x worse.