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Hypnosis
United States2061 Posts
My question to you guys is what you think about this whole idea. Poll: Are Humans Bacteria Upon the Earth? (Vote): Yes, we ruin the earth through our bacterial ways. (Vote): No, we are just the dominant species (Vote): I have a different opinion (please explain) Discuss!   | ||
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Dr.Lettuce
United Kingdom663 Posts
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Rice
United States1332 Posts
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Dr.Lettuce
United Kingdom663 Posts
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DwmC_Foefen
Belgium2186 Posts
Actually our intellect may be our own downfall. :s | ||
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Dr.Lettuce
United Kingdom663 Posts
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topspinserve
United States147 Posts
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Hypnosis
United States2061 Posts
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Zozma
United States1626 Posts
But there is no doubt that some human actions harm the earth. | ||
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DwmC_Foefen
Belgium2186 Posts
On November 18 2009 01:58 Dr.Lettuce wrote: That's not true DwmC I kill small children and animals for fun, there is no monetary gain for me. Which brings me to my next point : maybe we just love conflict, killing, ... :p | ||
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KlaCkoN
Sweden1661 Posts
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samachking
Bahrain4949 Posts
You wrote a long paper not knowing whats the difference between a parasite and a bacteria? You do realize that without bacteria we wouldnt exist and most bacteria are actually useful to the world oO What are you majoring in or are you still in High School? I suggest changing bacteria to parasite immediately and actually search up the words on wikipedia. Also btw if you are including non living objects + ecosystems in your definition of a parasite most organisims will be parasites in one way or another inevitabely for their source of energy/metabolism/materials/resources for growth/synthesis. So yeah even though it sounds like a good metaphor the idea is pretty meh, but you can work the paper as a symbolic representation of the rather large negative influence our species is inflicting upon this world. Research your paper more, and if this is not for a general english class you have to rewrite most of this stuff. | ||
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Johnny B
United States76 Posts
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UGC4
Peru532 Posts
edit: and one last thing...if ur trying to make it seem like "destroying the earth and using up its resources" is a horrible thing, u have to prove that its a horrible thing. and u have to prove why a human cutting down a tree is so much more horrible than an ant eating a little leaf. ur really just jump-starting your paper from the popular point of view of "omg humans are destroying the planet we are so bad" and thats weak. not too long ago humans used to think the earth belonged to them and it was in their rightful nature to exploit it, and some still do (i, for one, agree with this to a certain extent). after all, we are all living organisms, and we have to utilize resources to survive. unless ur advocating to the extermination of the human race. then i'd be interested in your paper. | ||
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
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Neivler
Norway911 Posts
A virus does not live on its own as a bacteria does. A virus infests another bacteria, thats the only way they can survive. So u can change the bacteria with the earth. A bacteria itself can be a good thing, but some are not. But they dont live off other sources as a virus does. My English there might not be good enough but watch this clip from the Matrix. This might give u some tips  | ||
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Hypnosis
United States2061 Posts
On November 18 2009 02:11 samachking wrote: OO? You wrote a long paper not knowing whats the difference between a parasite and a bacteria? You do realize that without bacteria we wouldnt exist and most bacteria are actually useful to the world oO What are you majoring in or are you still in High School? I suggest changing bacteria to parasite immediately and actually search up the words on wikipedia. I didn't think about the definition of bacteria and confused it with parasite. I'm a sophomore in college majoring in engineering. Also my idea was more of a figurative parallel than a scientific definition because the Earth, although it is "living" it is not biologically an organism in itself. I was thinking though maybe I could bring up the idea that some humans are good bacteria while most are bad. For example "environmentalists" could be considered good for the earth and oil companies could be bad bacteria, this way I don't run into the problem of arguing that environmentalists are still parasites. I did consider the word parasites but bacteria seemed more fitting for some reason... Its for english comp 2 which is a general english class that I hardly care about but i still want a decent paper. | ||
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biomedical
235 Posts
so you kinda fail unless you wanna write a load of toss lol | ||
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samachking
Bahrain4949 Posts
On November 18 2009 02:20 Hypnosis wrote: I didn't think about the definition of bacteria and confused it with parasite. I'm a sophomore in college majoring in engineering. Also my idea was more of a figurative parallel than a scientific definition because the Earth, although it is "living" it is not biologically an organism in itself. I was thinking though maybe I could bring up the idea that some humans are good bacteria while most are bad. For example "environmentalists" could be considered good for the earth and oil companies could be bad bacteria, this way I don't run into the problem of arguing that environmentalists are still parasites. I did consider the word parasites but bacteria seemed more fitting for some reason... I added a bit on your topic by editing my post, the thing is, as an objective metaphor while including a-biotic systems within the definition of a parasite, every living thing( to my knowledge, there might be exceptions) is a parasite since they consume resources, although they give back resources in their own way, its still usually not a symbiotic relationship completely. A better way to do this paper is to think of the biosphere as a zero-sum game of parasitism and limited resources, and we humans at the top of the chain consume the most resources and hence are the greatest parasites to this world, thats a cool spin on it. edit:English class, I suppose if the teacher isnt too picky just go with it, its a nice metaphor. If she is gay about it she probably has too much time on her hands. | ||
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
Edit: Well, seems from above others have already steered you away from bacteria. | ||
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