Our Dear Lord Gaia

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(Whew. Glad to be out of that little circle. (But am I? (Just dawned on me that I forgot to put Beethoven on. Arghh. Now running BPC#1.)))

Interesting in this respect is the notion of, Gaia, the notion that Earth itself is an 'organism' which is capable of 'self defense' in some sense. The recent Nova piece on 'Dimming' is an example of what Gaians (?) might believe in that respect: as 'greenhouse gases' and atmospheric pollution have tended to cause increasing temperatures, Gaia has produced a countermeasure in the form of 'global dimming' which serves to limit increasing temperatures - up to a point.

Which brings up the question of whether it is profitable for our species to continue to believe in old and odius religion. Should Gaia become our new god?

Wouldn't that be more 'economic?'