Originally Posted by borked

We are of course, our own worst enemy. We are intervening and stopping/accelerating evolution right now... we introduce species in environments where they are not normally found, hence other species suffer, then we genetically modify the suffering species to combat the invading species we introduced. We introduce offspring to families by artificial means because they have genetically changed and cannot have children. We wipe out entire species or drive them to the brink of extinction because they are either a pest to us or they provide things that tickle our fancies.