I found this story some time ago before I knew Hacker News. The sites where I found it at the time were: an excerpt from The Ages of Gaia, James Lovelock (sto

I found this story some time ago before I knew Hacker News. The sites where I found it at the time were: an excerpt from The Ages of Gaia, James Lovelock (story like): http://www.alamut.com/proj/98/nuclearGarden/bookTexts/Lovelock_Oklo.html http://www.alamut.com/proj/98/nuclearGarden/bookTexts/Lovelo... and department of energy (fact like): http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/factsheets/doeymp0010.shtml http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/factsheets/doeymp0010.shtml