Earth is responding to human dream by creating disasters at the spots where human concentration is highest and collective dreams most dark, hopeless and pessimistic.
Maybe we should stop explaining everything through our egotistic, self-important and self-righteous views we have as a species.
I have also pondered the same idea that the earth explodes in some way where humans have 'pulled' earth's violence to them through there own behaviour. I also accept Rudi's comment as basic, and not to be thrown aside on a vague anthropomorphism.
But I have seen how odd it appears when the earth erupts in places that were in some way 'asking for it'. I accept the structures of the earth would cause the target point to be diverted, so it's not a really accurate process. After years of weighing this up, I'd have to say the evidence is hard to match with the concept. That doesn't mean there isn't some truth in it, but certainly not what you'd place money on.
The anthropomorphic self-importance is very real, but that doesn't mean the earth will be fine without humans. Sure it will survive any species' passing, but all species are there for a reason. Some potential will be lost for the earth - I don't believe it is completely indifferent to all its organic experiments. Nonetheless, the size difference just has to come down on the humans being replaceable.
This article claims that natural disasters have not become more common since 1980s
I've been aware of this, as we have discussed in another thread, but I find it hard to validate from my own perceptions. I think I'll wait for more assessments to emerge than just go with this one. I think this report came from an advisory body to the Insurance industry, and was more concerned to point to the increase of population and property values within that context.
a recent study by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which represents the consensus among thousands of scientists, expressed little confidence in any link between climate change and the frequency of tropical cyclones.
The IPCC has to play safe, but there are plenty of other scientists who have definitely connected the two, including Australia's own Bureau of Meteorology. Generally it's been publicly acknowledged by many climate specialists that we can expect more extreme weather events. What has been hard to match up are the earthquakes, although the issue there is more focused on the effects of fracking.
