Even Merlin Was Wiser

Merlin seems to have had more sense than some of us do, even though he was a real figment (or
his powers were) of someone's imagination.
Why, in this day and age, would any of us believe we don't have to be careful about destroying the earth. Merlin was correct. The earth is a dragon, usually sleeping peacefully. Aroused, however, it
will destroy us one and all.
The earth will not allow any species to destroy it.
The earth is nearly as organic as the sum of all its organic parts.
This planet discards species every single day.
I sometimes think the dinosaurs would have survived if they could have developed efficient wastewater treatment plants.
We don't actually have to be unbelievably reckless with the resources we encounter as natural.
This planet has the power to see to it that we will not.
Our planet earth does not invest in any adaptive tools or treasures for any species it no longer
has a use for regarding this earth as the body of a 'living' planet.
This planet will not and does not allow energy to be spent on species proving to be useless or overly destructive.
Mathematicians calculate the energy used in the life cycle of a species individual, and that used
by the numbers of the species on the planet in total. Then they predict whether or not this planet
will sustain the viability of the species in question. And, these scientists are quite good enough
in their predictions to continue doing their work.
As the late great Dennis Hopper would say, "Am I lyin'?"