# Are humans a plague on the Earth?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 26, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-humans-a-plague-on-the-earth/679799 "2014-01-26T23:55:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-humans-a-plague-on-the-earth/679799/61 "2014-01-29T01:21:42Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> No, balance has an objective definition. Ecological balance, just like climate balance, means a relatively stable condition, as opposed to one that is rapidly changing toward some new equilibrium.

Can we see a cite for that?

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