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RIP James Lovelock. A true radical centrist, he was not the New Age person people mistakenly believed him and Gaia theory to be (e.g. he was a proponent of nucl
by hunglee2 4y ago
RIP James Lovelock. A true radical centrist, he was not the New Age person people mistakenly believed him and Gaia theory to be (e.g. he was a proponent of nuclear energy), but equally he was an enemy of many conservative scientists.
- culi 4y ago"Gaia" is often seen as a really unfortunate name for an actually well-thought out scientific theory. However, this was exactly Lovelock's point and why he decided to go with a name like that. He and Lynn Margulis WANTED to highlight and stand against the cultural biases of science as an institution. Though it should be noted there's growing scientific support for the theory regardless https://aeon.co/essays/the-gaia-hypothesis-reimagined-by-one-of-its-key-sceptics https://aeon.co/essays/the-gaia-hypothesis-reimagined-by-one...