Reply #79: Because we're nature's best chance to continue existing. [View All]

I think of all of the life forms including humans on this planet as the "parts" of nature and NATURE as the ultimate "whole" so to speak. The design of and seemingly ultimate purpose of the "parts" is to enhance the chances of their survival. As long as any of the "parts" are surviving, nature is surviving and life itself is surviving.

I think that nature will wipe out humans if humans threaten the survival for life (nature) itself. But right now I think that humans are nature's way of evolving enough for nature to survive even after our star burns out by transporting nature (namely: humans and maybe some of the other plants and animals) somewhere else in the universe.

And this is the reason why we would want to protect our species, why nature would want to protect our species -- not necessarily all of the species, but those who have something to offer nature in terms of prolonging its survival.

Anyway, that's my theory.