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If there is any reason at all to love Nature, this is the reason: Nature is beautiful.
Why should any other reason be necessary? I reject the notion that Nature exist for humankind's sake. I reject the profit & progress motives which have propelled humankind to investigate, (poorly) emulate and destroy Nature. I reject the notion that Homo Sapiens are somehow distinct from and/or better than Nature.
I also reject the notion that Nature and the Earth exist for the sake of human conquest just as I reject the notion that humans should (or ever will) conquer space.
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