A person who discounts or ignores societal or environmental problems because they believe that intelligence and technological prowess make humanity exempt from the natural processes that govern other species.
Also, a person who defers accountability to others.
Also, a person who defers accountability to others.
Exemptionalist: The earth, environment, and all life are disposable in the wake of humanity. Population growth? Good for the economy. Species going extinct? Not to worry. That is nature's way. Think of humankind as only the latest in a long line of exterminating agents in geological time. Besides, if we have to destroy a rainforest, we are smart enough to place another one somewhere else. If we have to witness the extinction of a species, we are smart enough to create breeding programs. Resources? The planet has more than enough resources to last indefinitely. It always has and it always will. The fact that industrialization is destroying environments faster than anything humanity has ever seen doesn't change this fact. Don't worry. Be happy!
Environmentalist: The fate of mankind is closely knit to the well-being of biodiversity and the environment. Food is becoming more and more scarce and will worsen when the melting ice caps and rising ocean levels decrease arable land. We exhaust resources at a much faster rate than they can be replenished. We cause the extinction of species faster than they can be created. Destruction or degradation of biodiversity is irreplaceable because there is so much intricacy that we still don’t know. Millions of plants and animals die with deforestation that, unknowingly, may have been life-saving for humanity. Humanity must work to save the planet, and in doing so we save ourselves.
Environmentalist: The fate of mankind is closely knit to the well-being of biodiversity and the environment. Food is becoming more and more scarce and will worsen when the melting ice caps and rising ocean levels decrease arable land. We exhaust resources at a much faster rate than they can be replenished. We cause the extinction of species faster than they can be created. Destruction or degradation of biodiversity is irreplaceable because there is so much intricacy that we still don’t know. Millions of plants and animals die with deforestation that, unknowingly, may have been life-saving for humanity. Humanity must work to save the planet, and in doing so we save ourselves.
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(n) 1) Someone who makes regular appearances on talk shows and lectures simply because he or she appears to be intelligent. 2) A B-list celebritard.
by The Cabal June 14, 2008
Get the usual expert mug.1.A state or feelings of extreme love; Intense feelings of love.
2. Loving somebody to the state of feeling overpowering emotions i.e ecstasy and or serenity in their company.
3. Feelings of intense emotions, which go beyond love; a soul mate.
2. Loving somebody to the state of feeling overpowering emotions i.e ecstasy and or serenity in their company.
3. Feelings of intense emotions, which go beyond love; a soul mate.
1. I exserene you baby.
2. Mireya was sitting down, Adiel was watching her and felt an over whelming sense of exserene.
2. Mireya was sitting down, Adiel was watching her and felt an over whelming sense of exserene.
by Adiel April 20, 2008
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person A: hey guys fancy a game of exam chicken?
person B: hell yeah, last time I won, Didn't start writing until 10 minutes before the exam finished.
person A: what grade did you get
person B: that's not important
person B: hell yeah, last time I won, Didn't start writing until 10 minutes before the exam finished.
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person B: that's not important
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