THE GAEA HYPOTHESIS

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July/August 1976
 
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Constantly urged on by his nature to ignorant, self-centered manipulation of the natural environment, man is rather like a radically disruptive central nervous system to the whole ... inaccurate in his perceptions and destructive in his compulsive modifications. Not only has man reneged on his true responsibilities as an integral part of the living organism ... but he has also injected into the whole patterns of behavior which disrupt and destroy the natural unconscious functions of the organism. Man has become rather a malignant cancer in the body of Life.

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Man prides himself on his intelligence, perception, vision, and the gift of reason. He sets himself proudly aside as the one creature with the capacity for self-consciousness that Life has brought forth on this earth. Yet to what purpose has this "self-consciousness" of the whole organism (which comes to focus in man) been put ... other than to the self-centered, blind satisfaction of human greed as man exploits the organism for his own use in much the same way as an individual might abuse his body to satisfy some incomprehensible and irrational craving.

A simple truth of Life on earth is that the whole survives or nothing does, just as the survival of the body is essential to the survival of the mind. Rather than justifying human function as it has been known on earth, man is well overdue for a dose of humility and a move toward picking up his responsibilities. The responsibilities of functioning as an integral, sensitive, and intelligent part of the natural organism of this earth ... and of letting his gift for self-consciousness be exercised to the blessing of the whole creation of Life.

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  • PETER 6/13/2007 2:34:20 PM

    The Gaea hypothesis is a bold and splendid attempt at explaining
    the workings of mother nature. By way of introduction, my name is
    Peter Zaato, a graduate of the university of Ghana - Legon. I come
    from Nandom in the upper west region of Ghana. I am currently a
    banking executive in one of the new banks. My interets are in
    politics, social justice and intellectual discourses.

  • Peter 6/1/2007 2:59:17 AM

    This is one of the most informed presentation on mother earth I
    have ever read.

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