What he's always wanted to see, since he formulated the theory back in the Sixties and Seventies, was Gaia: the Earth as an entity which could be described as "living". "Gaia theory", while once ridiculed, is now accepted by most scientists, so many of its predictions having objectively been seen to come to pass.Not true, Mr Ferguson. Lovelock's Gaia 'theory' is not and never has been 'accepted by most scientists' for the simple reason that it is a load of baloney.
"There will never be a really free and enlightened State, until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly." On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Thoreau.
Sunday, 9 August 2009
Sloppy Journo Ferguson Gaia Lovelock Bollocks Meme
Euan Ferguson, one of the Observer's finest, reveals himself to be just another sloppy journo in talking of James Lovelock:
I've just been reading this and was staggered by the nonsense in Mr Ferguson's writing. He says Lovelock is still "working hard on schemes to slow global heating [...] such as ocean pipes to fertilise algae with cold water from the seabed".
ReplyDeleteWell, the fertility of cold water surprised me but it seems Ferguson does not deem it worthy of further pursuit. Question nothing, Euan!