Comment by yieldcrv
7 months ago
> Be Elk
> Browsing, grazing, loitering in an ideal environment
> Suddenly, mid life, an unidentified powerful beast appears that stalks and kills your kind
> Never know why, the source, or that a third species engineered this outcome because they were too lazy to kill you all themselves and just wanted an automated way of doing so
A response worthy of 4chan.
Worthy of HN? Not so much.
It's not about "automating" the killing of elk. It's about sustainable ecosystems. Human hunting is not the same thing.
I think it fits because it is substantive and has capability of providing introspection
The article and study doesn't address its disposable nature of the elk in favor of "look at the trees"
When there are animals suffering, which to most actual people is a matter to highlight. This entire discussion about wolves in Yellowstone has always contorted itself to spare the reader's thoughts on the gruesome reality of what's actually happening.