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As far as doing jobs to the maximum, these chemicals are number one. "Love" chemicals (sorry to say) are the main reason young couples fall in love and make babies in the first place. If you didn't feel some invisible drive to put your thing inside of that thing, you probably would never want to touch it. The human sex organs are pretty unpleasant to look at, so thank goodness something was driving you toward procreation because otherwise, you might have never been inclined to do it.
The 'love' chemicals are something to think about if you're getting angry right now. Much of life is not based on invisible forces that simply draw you to your soul mate. but instead, you are alive primarily to procreate, as much as any bacteria or annoying bug or cute animal. That is your prime directive. Sounds like a pretty boring existence to me, but then again, something about the human race as a whole creeps me out.
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But imagine how they rose to the top. Imagine they we some sort of parasitic beasts, and though not necessarily directly harmful to the touch, they used everything around them to rise to the top. They use flesh from lower creatures as food and fuel. They harvest material produced by creatures who make their own food to build houses. These dominant creatures are the strongest only because of their vast intellect, but they continue to deplete resources on Titan. They enact initiatives to replenish the moon with some of the resources they have taken, but the colonies have become too large to make a strong impact. They continue to reproduce and spread across the moon's surface until they have taken up all the space they can.
The moon by this time is a shell of its former self. It can no longer sustain its original function as a home for many species. The dominant species has crowded out all other life. They begin to look at other planets and moons, comparing their own with new ones, hoping to find a new home for their species. If they develop the technology to spread to other planets before learning to control themselves, they will continue to deplete new locations of their resources until they are spreading too quickly to find new homes. They overcrowd previous planets. They feel the pain of being unable to spread out and find themselves in a bind.
These creatures were doing what their species intended as a whole. They kept from becoming extinct. But at what cost?
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Even if there is a purpose for the human race, the rate of reproduction is vastly larger than our ability to take care of the planet. We as a people either consume too much and become obese, or too little and starve to death. If there is some sort of governing celestial body, shouldn't it be inclined to provide equal resources to all of its creations?
The human race spreads like a virus across Earth. And before we turn to our moon or Mars for colonies, we should first take a look at ourselves and ask, "If we saw another species on another planet like ours, would we advocate the move to a new planet?" And if nuclear war overtook Earth some day in the potentially near future, would you want to help repopulate the Earth? Would you want your race to continue to ravage its home simply because it is the superior race?
Well, I wouldn't. This species is doomed for failure unless we become somehow enlightened that, because of our superior intellect, we could spread through the universe with good intent instead of simply a need to consume. Would you save humanity?
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