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by **Goatwhacker** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:28 pm

I read through it and was interested enough to go over to Wikipedia and read the rest of it. To me it is hard to use the Gaia theory as an argument to limit pollution on the basis of global warming. One of the bases for the theory is that Earth was able to hold it's temperature relatively stable despite the sun's energy increasing 25-30%. That would indicate a tremendous capacity for self-regulation. Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing FOR pollution, I'm just saying the Gaia theory doesn't really support the Kyoto protocols, in fact it might do the opposite.

I am also skeptical about the model as Earth as a living organism, as opposed to just a really big eco-system. It seems like a bit of mystical thinking to me.

by **Sandrock** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:15 pm

Eh, no matter really. I'm sure there's another HR 8210 out there ready to wipe us all out as we speak. ;-D

by **The_Dude** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:01 am

Ted Theodore Logan wrote:All we are is dust and the wind.

Dust.

Wind

Dude.

by **A Fleshner Fantasy** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:05 pm

That made me actually use my mind after school- not fair

by **roninmedia** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:36 pm

Very interesting.

I hate certain subjects in biology, especially microbiology and cell biology. But I love biology on a macro view, esecially evolution and ecology.

P.S. I am a bio major. :-D

by **lmcjaho** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:30 pm

The_Dude wrote:
Ted Theodore Logan wrote:All we are is dust and the wind.

Dust.

Wind

Dude.

Okay - but what did Bill S Preston, Esquire have to say about it?

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