On Jun 22, 10:53*pm, Benj wrote:
On Jun 22, 9:42 pm, "Robert J. Kolker" wrote:

And according to the Gaia Hypothesis, life on Earth itself will evolve
to absorb and subsume any climate conditions that will lead to runaway
greenhouse effects.

The planet is not a living organism. Organism live on the planet.

And the way you know this for such a certainty is? *Oh that's right.
FAITH!

Science does not deal in "know this for such a certainty." Science
deals in valid theories that make predictions and can be falsified.

The "Gaia hypothesis" isn't such a thing. The "Gaia hypothesis"
is bad poetry.

We know that the planet isn't alive because we go out and observe it
and it does not have any of the properties of a living thing.

I love faith-based science, don't you?

No, I don't. And the "Gaia hypothesis" is one such chunk of trash
that we really would be better off putting in the dustbin. It can keep
company with alchemy and phlogisten.

I especially love those who have such unquestioned authority that they
can simply answer all questions with unshakable assertion that is
obviously so authoritative that none dare question it! Love, ya,
Bob!

Um. Where do you see these unshakable assertions? Other than
in the pronouncements of the Gaia enthusiasts that is.
Socks