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Way back in the SimEarth days I got introduced to the Gaia concept, which at the time seemed a little hokey, but as time goes on seems more and more apt. Not t
by redleggedfrog 2y ago
Way back in the SimEarth days I got introduced to the Gaia concept, which at the time seemed a little hokey, but as time goes on seems more and more apt. Not trying to sound like Agent Smith, but sure seems like the earth is treating humans like a virus and is warming itself up to get rid of us. We had a long time to see it coming, but it's not politically popular to acknowledge it, and here in the U.S. you can signal your affiliation by dismissing it publicly (Huckabee-Sanders).
But mother nature always wins in the end regardless of your politics, and now mother nature wants you dead.
- superb_dev 2y agoThe earth is not warming itself, WE are warming the earth
- butterknife 2y agoWhy are WE distinct from Earth?
- bregma 2y agoWell, no. Primarily, the sun warms the surface of the Earth, and the Earth itself generates heat. What WE are doing is reducing the amount of heat radiated from the surface of the Earth until atmospheric expansions reaches a new equilibrium. In other words, we're affecting the radiative cooling equilibrium of the Earth. We are not heating it in any way.
- redleggedfrog 2y agoI take your point - admit it's a leaky abstraction.
- carapace 2y agoIf Mother Nature wanted to roll us up as a failed experiment she could eliminate us overnight with one virus. Lighten up.