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[+] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
  • [–] -4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    So... in your mind it's for sure we are actually alien in origin?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think they meant we're from Central Africa and technically an invasive species anywhere else in the world.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I thought invasive implied a species was moved by another. I don't think a species can be invasive just for moving north or something. Humans moved themselves gradually over time.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    A quick search defines invasive species as a type of introduced species, which is outlined as

    An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.

    So I'd say that technically they are, but even more to the point it seems like the invasive species definition is very human centric (an alien cannot create an invasive species?)

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Obviously this is a super semantically oriented discussion but I don't think it's a stretch to say human in this context really refers more to the role. Humans can control other species in that way, like an extra terrestrial also likely could have.

    I'm not saying I agree with the idea, I'm just looking for a way humans could be "invasive"

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They adapted the definition to include causing economic or environmental harm because NERDS kept pointing out that all species are either constantly invading new territory or in the process of going extinct.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Are you really logged into the fediverse right now using the word NERD in an accusatory manner?

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  • [+] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No, because hundreds of thousands of years of migrations led my ancestors elsewhere. That's not what invasive means.

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  • [+] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Lol yes if I'm not full on agent-from-the-matrix "humans are a virus" that means I'm a buffoon incapable of introspection. What's definitely not the case? You are certainly not a jaded weirdo who isn't particularly good with words and is looking to shit on humans as a species. Yep definitely not that.

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