After reading a rebuttal to my previous post, I believe that the original title to my post may have been a little misleading. My true purpose and thought behind the post was not that the human species has become a parasitic growth, plaguing the planet. I did make reference to this, but not to put my opinion towards it, but to make a point. The point and my true purpose with the post was to outline the fact that science has now reached the point of growing larger than nature. Yes, some wonderful scientific findings and ventures have come from this. I'm a huge fan of the NASA ventures, the X-Prize, sea exploration, and just general scientific venture (I do love the fact that I'm just ending my childhood, and not ending the prime of life in a 30yr life span). Science, though, primarily through the corrupt ventures of capitalistic gain has led us down the path of the destruction of our symbiotic relationship with Mother Nature as, through things like the ozone layer problems, destruction of rain forests, and just overall complete ransacking of natural resources we have begun to treat Mother Nature as our own personal whore. It is the dark side of science. These are the things that make it seem that we are parasitic on the face of this earth. My belief, though, is that we have not wholly lost our symbiosis and that things are still recoverable.

And these are facts. We are depleting the world’s resources at a rate that alarms many in the scientific community. This is why there has been such a stir towards finding ways of combating it. But it is tough when thinking of things like the trash problem. NYC alone produces (on average) 20,000,000 kg of trash a day. And what do we do with it? We burn it, polluting the air, bury it polluting our water supplies, or dump it in the oceans killing millions of animals and slowly destroying a very valuable resource. Now it is important to remember that these things are not just dreamt up by "mainstream media, new-age environmentalists and "enlightened" Hollywood activists", but by those same scientists that strive to achieve. NASA, for instance, has been very involved in the safety of this planet. With satellites like Aqua, Terra, and Aura, they are monitoring temperature changes, land movement, and changes in the water cycle to try and determine exactly how much of an impact we've had on this earth. I have listened to NASA spokesmen/spokeswomen say that they have a focus on the earth because they realize how important it is to keep our planet safe in order to be able to continue our way of both worldly out-worldly research.

Now I believe, however, that it is very important to remember that the media has a way of focusing on the worst of the worst. Not because the producers are all mud-sucking slime balls, but because people tune in to desaster and the networks get the ratings. But most of that which is reported is either focusing on certain aspects of or skirting around the edges of the truth and it is our job, as an educated people, to pick the facts out of media reports and form our own opinions and conclusions.

With that said, I'll get to the point, the meat, and the sum of the matter. Looking at the influence of science in a scientific manner lets look at the impact of our growth on the way we interact with nature. As a mammalian species of this planet, for thousands of years, we did as all other mammals do; the population in a given area would never grow any larger than that area could support. But as we evolved we refined how to learn. The rudimentary sciences were born. We learned how to adapt to tough environments, trade (probably the biggest one), preserve, and live longer. These all spelled out us breaking through the natural barrier of controlled populations. We, at this point, started our venture of slowly taking over the planet; eventually becoming the dominant species. Well, now we're here...we've grown well beyond the bounds of natural limitations. We are a wonder of our own sciences, but need to find a way to coexist again with nature. The things spelled out above are happening, maybe not as fast or harsh as the media likes to predict, but happening non-the-less and we are responsible for the outcome. We can continue down the same path, eventually wallowing in our own filth, or clean up our cosmic bedroom so that when we go out to explore the universe, we have something to be proud of when we get home.