How does that relate to the article?
Over the past 4 billion years, our biosphere has developed the most fascinating and amazing array of “biotechnologies”. The vast majority of which we haven’t yet discovered.
Thus, the more we damage the biosphere, the more untapped knowledge we destroy.
The article presents a nice example of such “biotechnologies” which we have just discovered.
People might wonder, how much can scientists learn from snails and algae anyways? And is it even useful? The answer is, quite a lot, it turns out. And that knowledge often becomes invaluable, usually in ways we can’t predict.
I read this a lot. It feels a bit pat to me, but I am uneducated.
Is this any more true/likely than, e.g.:
- There could be a lost diamond ring at the bottom of any septic tank
- Any terminated pregnancy could have become the scientist who saved the world/cured cancer/etc