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[โ€“] teddy2021@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is there an analog for an extinction level event of our own creation and which persisted because of a variety of absolutely crawl reasons even after denial became the domain of idiots?

[โ€“] Jayjader@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago

Have you ever heard of the great oxidation event? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event

Though I doubt the anaerobic bacteria was aware enough to be able to deny what was happening in the first place.

Every time I read about how we're finding micro plastics in places we thought they couldn't reach (blood-brain barrier recently) I think of the GOE.