tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834050188158146395.post4200748852517259321..comments2023-10-26T04:54:28.751-07:00Comments on FICTION INTERNATIONAL: Renegade Science: John LovelockRunaway Serfer...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16591991043665174721noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834050188158146395.post-56629421093723179882007-12-13T16:34:00.000-08:002007-12-13T16:34:00.000-08:00hey gary,it's interesting to read a "legitimate" s...hey gary,<BR/><BR/>it's interesting to read a "legitimate" scientist assert that the earth is a living being.<BR/><BR/>we know at least one part of the universe (ourselves) is alive and capable of thinking about itself. it seems sort of stupid to deny this capacity to other parts of it.<BR/><BR/>i find that richard dawkins guy highly annoying. he seems to allow a childhood aversion towards religion to interfere with his "objective" faith in pure dawrinian science, forgetting that darwin was just some dude, trying to figure stuff out, like himself. his book "the selfish gene" is really boring and depressing but a lot of intelligent people love it.<BR/><BR/>i look forward to some golden age of science that is willing to exercise some Keats-ian negative capability, get over its fear of religion and magic, and start answering the really interesting questions.<BR/><BR/>looks like this john lovelock guy's on the right track.trumanwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03577525799926023379noreply@blogger.com