Balance of nature: wolves and bears (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, February 17, 2017, 19:37 (2835 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: Of course 99% die. That is evolution, and one of your twists. Balance of nature is absolutely necessary, and you sneer at it as a concept.

dhw: I have not twisted the extinction of 99%, and whatever happened constitutes the history of evolution. It does not mean that your God had to design all the species, lifestyles and natural wonders extant and extinct in order to produce humans. A particular balance of nature is absolutely necessary if particular species are to survive (as in the articles you have quoted relating to foreign invaders). That is quite different from the ever changing balance of nature that marks the history of evolution. All you mean by it in that context is life must go on if evolution is to go on. Nothing whatsoever to do with your anthropocentric interpretation of evolution. There would still be a “balance of nature” if humans disappeared.

Looks like we really have some agreement. My 'anthropocentric interpretation' is based on the current end point of evolution, humans. If humans are gone, the Earth will return to previous states.