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Gaia made no sense. Especially evident nowadays with global warming. It showed lack of depth and lack of exploration of the topic. I also noticed numerous mista

by babesh 10y ago

Gaia made no sense. Especially evident nowadays with global warming. It showed lack of depth and lack of exploration of the topic. I also noticed numerous mistakes in the novels, sentences cut off, misspellings, etc...Didn't notice that with the earlier stories. There could be various reasons for that.

coldtea 10y ago
>Gaia made no sense. Especially evident nowadays with global warming. What kind of sense? Like, whether it was accurate as a model for the real world? Why, did the Mule make sense in that way? Or the Second Foundation? Or psychohistory for that matter, what with the later developments into chaos theory? I'm also not sure how global warming has anything to do with validating or discarding Gaia, either the fictional or the real theory. Wikipedia: "The Gaia hypothesis, also known as Gaia theory or Gaia principle, proposes that organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a synergistic self-regulating, complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet." The theory might not hold, but not because there's global warming, as global warming can be accounted in a dozen of ways within the theory. E.g. humans as intelligent agents are outside the "synergistic/self-regulating" system and throw it off balance with their emissions and such. >I also noticed numerous mistakes in the novels, sentences cut off, misspellings, etc...Didn't notice that with the earlier stories Aren't those a matter of editors, as opposed to authors?
- coldtea 10y ago
  >The theory might not hold, but not because there's global warming, as global warming can be accounted in a dozen of ways within the theory. E.g. humans as intelligent agents are outside the "synergistic/self-regulating" system and throw it off balance with their emissions and such. Btw, another way to understand global warning within the Gaia hypothesis, would be to consider it like a "fever" -- the immune system fighting invaders (well, us) off.
  - babesh 10y ago
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis No supporting evidence. Doesn't make sense.
    - coldtea 10y ago
      Something making sense and having supporting evidence is not the same thing. The Star Wars story makes sense (e.g. no major plot holes etc), but not only there's no supporting evidence, it's also totally made up. Second, theories in fiction (especially fiction with mutants, telepathy, mind control, and other things besides) don't need "supporting evidence" to fit in.

by babesh 10y ago

coldtea 10y ago

>Gaia made no sense. Especially evident nowadays with global warming. What kind of sense? Like, whether it was accurate as a model for the real world? Why, did the Mule make sense in that way? Or the Second Foundation? Or psychohistory for that matter, what with the later developments into chaos theory? I'm also not sure how global warming has anything to do with validating or discarding Gaia, either the fictional or the real theory. Wikipedia: "The Gaia hypothesis, also known as Gaia theory or Gaia principle, proposes that organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a synergistic self-regulating, complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet." The theory might not hold, but not because there's global warming, as global warming can be accounted in a dozen of ways within the theory. E.g. humans as intelligent agents are outside the "synergistic/self-regulating" system and throw it off balance with their emissions and such. >I also noticed numerous mistakes in the novels, sentences cut off, misspellings, etc...Didn't notice that with the earlier stories Aren't those a matter of editors, as opposed to authors?

coldtea 10y ago
>The theory might not hold, but not because there's global warming, as global warming can be accounted in a dozen of ways within the theory. E.g. humans as intelligent agents are outside the "synergistic/self-regulating" system and throw it off balance with their emissions and such. Btw, another way to understand global warning within the Gaia hypothesis, would be to consider it like a "fever" -- the immune system fighting invaders (well, us) off.
- babesh 10y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis No supporting evidence. Doesn't make sense.
  - coldtea 10y ago
    Something making sense and having supporting evidence is not the same thing. The Star Wars story makes sense (e.g. no major plot holes etc), but not only there's no supporting evidence, it's also totally made up. Second, theories in fiction (especially fiction with mutants, telepathy, mind control, and other things besides) don't need "supporting evidence" to fit in.