There is a point where science stops asking questions and starts issuing commands.
We are there.
A Canadian startup now claims it can suppress lightning to prevent wildfires. The logic is simple and increasingly familiar. Lightning ignites fires. Fires release carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide contributes to climate change. Therefore, lightning itself has become a problem to solve.
But that conclusion only makes sense if you accept a much deeper assumption.
That natural systems are errors.
And that we are capable of correcting them.
The Real Shift No One Is Talking About
This is not about lightning.
It is about a fundamental shift in how nature is being framed.
Natural processes are no longer something to understand. They are something to control.
Fire is no longer an ecological process. It is an emissions source. Lightning is no longer atmospheric physics. It is a liability. Even biological systems are now being reconsidered through the lens of optimization.
Once you accept that framework, there is no limit to what becomes a target.
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