• teddy2021@sh.itjust.works
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    17 days ago

    Is there an analog for an extinction level event of our own creation and which persisted because of a variety of absolutely crawl reasons even after denial became the domain of idiots?

    • Jayjader@jlai.lu
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      17 days ago

      Have you ever heard of the great oxidation event? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event

      Though I doubt the anaerobic bacteria was aware enough to be able to deny what was happening in the first place.

      Every time I read about how we’re finding micro plastics in places we thought they couldn’t reach (blood-brain barrier recently) I think of the GOE.