From: g.egan-AT-gold.ac.uk
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 00:46:58 +0
Subject: Re: M-I:  final thoughts for the year


Dennis Redmond wrote

> When people don't have an
> adequate analysis of the system, they start inventing nonsense
> about Gaia and eco-harmonic vibes.

I sympathize with your dislike of anti-rational new-agism, but as
far as I'm aware Gaia theory is a perfectly respectable scientific
model of climate control. The name `Gaia' invokes the myth of
the Earth goddess only to give the theory a catchy handle.

Gabriel Egan



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