How arrogant must one be to think he is exempt from the laws of nature when his very existence is a result of such laws.
Everything in nature is there because it fought like hell to be there and negotiated with its environment for existence in exchange for function. As a part of the natural world humans do not hold an immunity to this fundamental desire to exist, but must recognize that there is no tree without water and no water without oxygen- that our place in this world must have a function that promotes the existence of that which sustains us. Otherwise, we risk being the casualty of a renegotiated environment.
A Human Tradition 