.. and here is us, destroying millions of years life, in what is a split of a second in comparison. We are undertaking the greatest mass extinction of all times.
99.99%+ of all life form that have ever existed on Earth are extinct. And it isn't because of Humans.
Think about that for a second: The universe is--gasp--actively trying to 'kill' life.
For us to undertake the greatest mass extinction of all times (that is to say, rival or exceed mass extinction caused by natural causes itself on Earth), we'd have to destroy at least--at least--another 10,000 Earth-like planets, each one replete with life as Earth is currently.
I would love to see Humans possess such amazing technological prowess one day[0], but alas, that will not be today, tomorrow, nor even this century.
[0] Wanting to see possession of technological capabilities does not imply I want to see future Humans use it to destroy extra-terrestrial planetary life.
They are indeed extinct, but spread over that time span. The "mass" in "mass extinction" come from the fact that a much greater # than usual are going extinct at the same time. Which is the case today. You may eat one burger a day for a long time. Which adds to a lot of burgers. In fact, 99.99% of all burgers you ate. But if you ate 100 burgers in one single day, I'd say something is wrong with you. Similarly, in a mass extinction, we are killing a great number of species, in a short amount of time, by completely altering the habitat/ecology of entire regions of Earth. Darwinian extinction on the other hand is driven by being out-competed by other species exploring the problem space, and long-term geological change.
