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Quote by: Isherwood  Potential doesn't count until it becomes actual. Sure, we could destroy the atmosphere and thus every living thing on the planet. But anything short of that causes a temporary imbalance, which natural processes then attempt to rectify.
Balance (equilibrium) isn't a point, it's a general state that swings this way and that over time. It may take thousands, even millions of years to balance out. As long as the basic elements for life exist, nature will find a way to maintain itself. Someday, when the sun begins to expand, that will no longer be true. |
Ish, are you into Eastern philosophy?
Anyways, it sort of depends on how you define balance and nature, I guess. Truthfully, anything happening is nature, including car accidents, but we don't typically define nature that way. I also suppose the earth looking reminiscent of the moon could be considered 'balance', but my own personal assumptions of the word contradict that idea.