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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Biologist Jonas Salk once said If all insects on Earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish. How are insects so important?
gpt
Insects are the bottom of the food chain. If we break the chain at the bottom, everything above it suffers.

Humans are the top of the food chain. If we break that chain, there's no one above to suffer. Everyone lower on the chain loses a predator, making it easier for them to thrive.

It's also worth pointing out that his hypothetical claims are obviously not confirmed.