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What’s the difference between natural and man made? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by IanAtCambio@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Just something I was talking about with the wife this evening. She says that our house is not natural and used the phrase “out in nature”. But lots of animals build nests. And are we not animals just doing the same?

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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

To me bird nests and beaver dams are made with natural materials found in nature, and with little or no manufacturing and refinement. Think of all that human building materials go through during the manufacturing process. Yes the materials ultimately come from the Earth but then go through many refinement processes and assembly steps, and I think each step moves it farther from natural. You don't see shingles and sheet rock laying around in a forest, those things are not natural.