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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:41 AM Original message |
Is the Gaia Hypothesis Pseudoscience? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Izzat the one where the planet is an organism in and of itself? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, that one |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Well it's just a hypothesis really. It cannot really stand up as science until it's proven. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. That really begs the question of whether science proves things |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. Science never proves anything. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. "Creation theory"? That's pretty funny coming from the same ignos |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. They do that...They used the figurative meaning of "theory" to be a "well-educated" guess. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Creation "Theory" besmirches the name of "Theory" |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. Depends |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Reason I ask is that Gaia Hypothesis folks are the ones who say GW is causing earthquakes |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It's a matter of understanding the scientific method |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. It's not the melt, it's the shifting of the weight, I thought. |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Taverner, link please |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. No link, just Lovelock's hypothesis |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. If the idea that global warming is causing an increase in earthquakes is reasonable... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. There were plenty of earthquakes before climate change concerns. |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. The weight of the glaciers causes the plates to sink down |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. as presented in the way-back, it was about cybernetic homeostasis |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. . |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. Only since James Lovelock came out in support of nuclear energy |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. yes or no, it does seem like more than half the people I interact with... |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. 'Gaia Hypothesis' is an algorithm |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. Endosymbiotic theory is not pseudoscience, you might try reading up on that |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. NeoDarwinism died 90 years ago, wtf? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Perhaps you mean Lynn Margulis? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Sorry about the spelling err. Yes, Margulis. But she isn't relavent |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Tell me what you can, please! |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Now I need to go back and check Lovelock |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. I accept your apology regarding your tone. Thank you. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. So beyond Symbiotic relationships, there is nothing proveable? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. It seems to me to be a matter of definition. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's not even pseudoscience |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. Only if it strays from materialism. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yes and no. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. nm. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. No, it isn't pseudoscience. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Got a link I can read for a while? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Unfortunatley I haven't been able to find anything good online. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
37. At best it's an illustrative big-picture to have in mind, which could inspire |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. The Gaia hypothesis is merely a context in which to understand the implications of science |
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