Choosing Extinction

Neither dinosaurs, nor lemmings demonstrate the level of stupidity that the human species is currently exhibiting

Photo by Fausto García-Menéndez on Unsplash | After a successful run of 165 million years, the dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid. Humans seem to be choosing extinction after a mere 300,000 years. Who’s stupider?

It is true that many dinosaurs did, in fact, have brains the size of a walnut. And yet, they ruled the planet for 165 million years. They were the dominant species for a long time. Our species, homo sapiens, have been around for only about 300,000 years and we seem to be willfully damaging the planet’s climate and…