Subj : This has _GOTTA_ be a joke ... To : Moebius From : ceri@twmba.net Date : Thu Nov 13 2003 09:26 pm From: Ceri ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Me again, tac>> ... [chomp]... Druids have been brought in to reduce the number of tac>> accidents on Austria's worst stretches of autobahn. .. [chomp].. M> If one postulates that Earth is one complete living organism (Gaia), M> one must accept the corollaries and conclusions. Valid thought. Always wondered about treating possible Asthma with Gaia's lungs. Mind you with the changing (for politcal reasons here in Oz) defination of Asthma & the question wether long term use of steroid medication is worth the benifits . Suspect like any example, there's only so far a concept can be explained via model. Any fan of "Yes (Prime)Minster" could tell you that Don't get me wrong, the living Gaia is a viable concept, just some of the (species-centric ???) notions of what may or maynot be 'life' ( ... OK ... OK ...I've gotta add 'as we know it' ) can be considered biased as they don't permit the notion... M> What I find so typical is the reactions from scientists, ie "If it's M> not> on instruments, it's not there." You _DO_ know the reason why it took so long to identify the Ozone hole in the first place? The computers had been programed to ignore measurements above & below certain 'carefully selected' levels. The line of thought justified this suggesting it elimiated bad data. Once the computers had been re-programed there was over 10 years of PROVEN data of a steadly increasing hole. I think the phrase was "Woops" ):-) M> Skepticism /can/ be carried too far when one rejects out of hand M> anything that doesn't fall into the scientific canon of the Great M> God Einstein. If there's one thing that I've had _confirmed_ doing my degree, is that there is no such amimal as 'emperical' evaluation or what ever other similar centric lable suggesting a balanced / unbiased / (etc) line of thought. M> Like FTL travel, just because ONE GUY say it's impossible doesn't M> mean he's right. Rai -- = = = = = = = = = = = = = Ceridwen is a default net alias Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground. --- * Origin: TransNet Gateway 2.11+ 1111 (3:640/1010) .