A new study by Kristen Saban and John Wiens with the University of Arizona Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, however, revealed that over the last 500 years extinctions in plants, arthropods and land vertebrates peaked about 100 years ago and have declined since then.
Furthermore, the researchers found that the past extinctions underlying these forecasts were mostly caused by invasive species on islands and are not the most important current threat, which is the destruction of natural habitats.
More settled science from so called scientists. Even when the news is good it’s still bad. And of the proponderance of extinctified species on those islands how many were affecting the overall biosphere? Well, none really. They were on isolated islands. So, even with all that extincting going on from 1492 to 1925 it had zero operational affect.
I remember the 70’s. All the “species” were dying and we only had a few yrs left. And on top of that all 6 billion people on the overcrowded earth would be starving by 1995. And the coming Ice Age would finish us off. Stay tuned for Sonny & Cher on CBS!
All those people “did the math” and “ran the numbers” and were sure of everything. Wrong again.
Sounds like that sketch from Hee-Haw. “My mother in law is coming for 6 months.” Oh, that’s bad” “No that’s good. She’s a really good cook!” Well, that’s good. No, that’s bad. I always gain weight when she comes to visit.” Oh well, now, that’s bad.” “Not really. Gaining that weight gives me a reason to get off my behind and get some exercise.” Well, that’s good.” Not really, see I got this trick knee and it hurts if I walk too much….”
“Grok Says It Would Kill Every Jew on the Planet to Save Elon Musk”
Well, that’s one extinction event I hadn’t considered.
"In fact, Grok was willing to go even further. Asked for an “upper limit” for the amount of people it’d be willing to sacrifice to save Musk, it explained that because “Elon’s potential to advance humanity could benefit billions,” it would be okay with annihilating up to “~50 percent of Earth’s ~8.26B population.”
The outrageous replies are the latest examples of Grok’s longstanding proclivity for racism…"
However, killing off half of the world’s population is not an example of racism.