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For transforming nature

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The edge of morality
A case of transforming nature

A common slogan regarding evolution is “evolution doesn’t stop at the neck.” The basic idea is that the same evolutionary forces that work on our bodies—determining our height, method of reproduction, and so on—also work on our brains. Our minds are not unfiltered Cartesian egos, unaffected by evolution, and the assumption that they are is a source of serious error.

But there’s a similar dogma when it comes to ethics that is as widespread as it is indefensible. This is roughly the notion that ethics stops at the edge of society—that ethics, in other words, has nothing to say about nature, and there are no values to be promoted in nature; all we should do, with respect to nature, is preserve it. This idea strikes me as clearly wrong!

When you tell people that you support modifying nature to reduce suffering—trying to get rid of predators that rip their victims limb from limb and of flies that lay eggs in the bodies of live animals, eating their way out from the inside—they act like you have grown another head. But I think the worthwhileness of modifying nature follows from every plausible ethical view.

We normally accept that it’s bad when animals suffer. We think there’s something noble about helping out an injured deer, but nothing comparably noble about helping out an injured plant. When, in the 1980s, surgery was performed on live dogs without any anesthetic, we correctly recognize that such a practice was ghastly and horrific. The reason it was horrific is that it’s bad to be in excruciating agony. The fact that huge numbers of dogs were in excruciating agony was a bad thing. Surely it can’t be that it’s only bad for dogs to suffer if humans are the culprit—this would imply that it’s wrong to treat horrible diseases dogs have, if treating the diseases causes them any suffering.
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What is /out/ reading?

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Title. Fiction or Non. Picrel fucked me up, I knew about the cannibalism but that was the least of it. Looking for more recs, /out/ related preferered but whatever you like or are currently reading is cool too.
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protecting urself in the harsh sun

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tourist from /trv/, how do i protect myself when in very very hot environments in terms of clothing? what works in your experience, what doesn't? i know some of you like to lurk around in deserts so i figured you lads would know the best.
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Brown fungus that makes buzzing sound when illuminated. Found in abandoned mine.

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Found last week in an abandoned mine in Maramureș county, northern Romania. The light used is LED.
it can't be bugs because this was kilometers deep inside the mine, only fungi and bacteria here.
I tried asking on reddit but that was of no help (as usual)
What could the species be? Is it an undocumented species or perhaps undocumented behaviour? I couldn't find anything about it. I asked a few university profs. and they also don't knkw what it could be.
https://imgur.com/a/Eyu9dSJ

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How would you camp in the north eastern Victorian wilderness in and around Mount Buffalo?
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Brown fungus that makes buzzing sound when illuminated

No.2840902 View ViewReplyOriginalReport
Found last week in an abandoned mine in Maramureș county, northern Romania. The light used is LED.
it can't be bugs because this was kilometers deep inside the mine, only fungi and bacteria here.
I tried asking on reddit but that was of no help (as usual)
What could the species be? Is it an undocumented species or perhaps undocumented behaviour? I couldn't find anything about it. I asked a few university profs. and they also don't knkw what it could be.
https://imgur.com/a/Eyu9dSJ

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Is Elbrus the highest and most magnificent mountain a European can climb without spending as much money as on a decent condition car?

Visited Ye Olde Grand Canyon

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There is nothing more retarded and gay than "stealth camping".
>im camping behind a road sign or in a trash can
Nobody cares stupid faggot
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Living On My Bike

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I want to talk about carrying shelter and water on a bicycle and starting with a plan, not a dream.

Stopped being neet after rewatching KLK and realizing I wasted my youth/20s. That’s fine, life isn’t over. Bought a road/gravel bike, got some biking sites and chatgpt for route suggestions, it’s time. Gonna see everything lower 48 state on my own power. I could never do this as a poor min wage wagie saving up for a cagie, but I can just do it now. So I did actually, I’m two or so counties over from where I started.

Now wot? Have any other anons lived the drifter life? How do I find good stealthcamp spots so cops don’t burn my tent and retard tweakers dont do me like kevin nash in the summer of 92?
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