+97 While humans aren't perfect, it is fortunate that the first species with the potential to dominate all life for billions of years evolved at least some empathy for other species. amirite?

by kovacekshyanne 1 day ago

Especially the species that are the most beneficial to us.

by Spirited_Copy 1 day ago

Mosquitoes? Let's find a way to alter their DNA to genocide their entire existence.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Wasps too. I truly don't know what purpose they serve in this great circle of life.

by sengerzakary 1 day ago

Wasps are pollinators.

by Hot-Contest 1 day ago

I would say that's where we faltered the most. Slaughterhouses + Almost all land megafauna tell you that we don't really care very much about the species who benefit us the most, but we are smart enough for some to care. Our empathy doesn't feel native, but instead a biproduct of high level thinking

by Anonymous 1 day ago

We don't even have that much empathy for other groups within our own species.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Could've been ants. They already farm and enslave. They just needed bigger brains.

by Present_Sugar_6192 1 day ago

Sorry but we will be very lucky if we cross the 1 million year mark. 1 billion is certainly not happening and if so then we wont be humans anymore but evolved into something else or more than one species.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

we still will be humans, though maybe much different

by Anonymous 1 day ago