D Man;241106 said:
Nature doesnt "try" to balance anything with extiction events.
They just happen from time to time.
Shear chance of whether we're in an asteroids path or not, or whether the suns going to send a huge mass-ejection our way, or whether presssure under the crust needs some serious volcanic activity or if theres a supernova in a nearby system or whatever.
Edit: scratch the supernova: we'd ba able to see if any nearby stars were near nova. But we could have had different stellar neighbours, I suppose
I understand what you are saying, but I disagree. I happen to see Nature as a living, acting entity. (No, I'm not insane or a Druid lol). I think Nature has "safety valves" and ways of managing it's self. I mean...when Stars explode...they remainder of that explosion is what leads to the birth of new stars,planets, etc. This is a process. This isn't just wierd happenings.
In many ways Stars are "alive".