tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post7036141450784235746..comments2024-03-22T11:32:57.801-07:00Comments on The Alien Next Door: The Gaia HypothesisNina Munteanuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00311070435293186699noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-39283252908849304492011-04-25T11:17:08.752-07:002011-04-25T11:17:08.752-07:00Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video...Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video, Celestial Elf. I can't imagine--refuse to imagine a world without butterflies or birds...<br /><br />I look forward to seeing more of your videos. Thanks again!Nina Munteanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311070435293186699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-87979837352548575782008-01-16T22:54:00.000-08:002008-01-16T22:54:00.000-08:00Cool! I may well have to do a post on this, Dan! T...Cool! I may well have to do a post on this, Dan! Thanks for the link.Nina Munteanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311070435293186699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-78790418437238426232008-01-16T01:50:00.000-08:002008-01-16T01:50:00.000-08:00I recently -- January 2008 -- sent some images of ...I recently -- January 2008 -- sent some images of envisioned polar cities for survivors of global warming to Dr Lovelock and he emailed me back and said "Thanks for the images. It may very well happen and soon."<BR/><BR/>2 links of interestL<BR/><BR/>http://pcillu101.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>http://gizmodo.com/344551/polar-cities-for-day-after-tomorrow-survivors-will-save-us-all-from-horrible-deathsDANIELBLOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130493903696077379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-3860458856534826972007-07-17T00:13:00.000-07:002007-07-17T00:13:00.000-07:00LOL! Very well said, David! Humour is definitely p...LOL! Very well said, David! Humour is definitely part of it all, I'm sure...Nina Munteanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311070435293186699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-81875762386910277082007-07-16T18:08:00.000-07:002007-07-16T18:08:00.000-07:00I'm going to look into this hypothesis. I want ver...I'm going to look into this hypothesis. I want very much for it to be true, which is a dangerous way to investigate or research anything, but I can't help myself. If that make me a feminist, so be it, but I'd like to think there's room for cooperation in the male gender, too (and I'll fight any man who says otherwise--just kidding).David Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376682716083883793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-62837954837268981062007-07-16T00:20:00.000-07:002007-07-16T00:20:00.000-07:00You said it, Tricia! That's the part that appeals ...You said it, Tricia! That's the part that appeals to me so much. It's a rather feminine perspective, don't you think? And about time too :)Nina Munteanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311070435293186699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-59504531935783725182007-07-15T05:29:00.000-07:002007-07-15T05:29:00.000-07:00Gaia Theory--I'll buy that. I especially like this...Gaia Theory--I'll buy that. I especially like this little twist:<BR/><BR/>"Evolution is the result of cooperative not competitive processes."Modern Matriarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464482204862662390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-11380712804813582972007-07-15T04:54:00.000-07:002007-07-15T04:54:00.000-07:00Great post! I really like the fact that you are ci...Great post! I really like the fact that you are citing primary literature here in your blog. Keep it up!<BR/><BR/>I have always felt a bit uncomfortable with the "teleology" of Lovelock's proposal, and I had not read what Margulis wrote about this in much depth.Don Thiemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-49396363223991403992007-07-15T01:42:00.000-07:002007-07-15T01:42:00.000-07:00What did Asimov say? Was Gaia a character in one o...What did Asimov say? Was Gaia a character in one of his books?Nina Munteanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311070435293186699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-69370396827135300712007-07-14T02:30:00.000-07:002007-07-14T02:30:00.000-07:00All I know about Gaia is from Asimov :)All I know about Gaia is from Asimov :)joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06390955430285813171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-69228537489158859922007-07-13T00:22:00.000-07:002007-07-13T00:22:00.000-07:00Cool...or was that freezing? :DCool...or was that freezing? :DNina Munteanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311070435293186699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-72702282887223562602007-07-12T21:42:00.000-07:002007-07-12T21:42:00.000-07:00POLAR CITIES ENVISIONED TO SURVIVE GLOBAL WARMING ...POLAR CITIES ENVISIONED TO SURVIVE GLOBAL WARMING<BR/><BR/> For more information: http://climatechange3000.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>News tip <BR/><BR/>Webposted: July 14, 3007<BR/><BR/>Environmental activist Dan Bloom has come up with a solution to global<BR/>> > warming that apparently no one else is talking about: polar cities.<BR/>> > That's right, Bloom envisions future polar cities will house some 200<BR/>> > million survivors of global warming in the far distant future (perhaps<BR/>> > in the year 2500, he says on his blog), and he's lobbying on the<BR/>> > Internet for their planning, design and construction -- NOW!<BR/>> ><BR/>> > "Sounds nutty, I know" the 58-year-old self-described "eco-dreamer"<BR/>> > says from his home in Asia, where he has been based since 1991. "But<BR/>> > global warming is for real, climate change is for real, and polar<BR/>> > cities just might be important if humankind is to survive the coming<BR/>> > 'events', whatever they might be, in whatever form they take."<BR/>> ><BR/>> > Bloom, a 1971 graduate of Tufts University in Boston, says he came up<BR/>> > with the idea of polar cities after reading a long interview with<BR/>> > British scientist James Lovelock, who has predicted that in the<BR/>> > future, the only survivors of global warming might be around 200<BR/>> > million people who migrate to the polar regions of the world.<BR/>> ><BR/>> > "Lovelock pointed me in this direction," Bloom says. "Although he has<BR/>> > never spoken of polar cities per se, he has talked about the<BR/>> > possibility that the polar regions might be the only place where<BR/>> > humans can survive if a major cataclysmic event occurs as a direct<BR/>> > result of global warming, in the far distant future. I think we've got<BR/>> > about 30 generations of human beings to get ready for this."<BR/>> ><BR/>> > Does Bloom, who has created a blog and video on YouTube, think that<BR/>> > polar cities are practicial?<BR/>> ><BR/>> > ""Practical, necessary, imperative," he says. "We need to start<BR/>> > thinking about them now, and maybe even designing and building them<BR/>> > now, while we still have time and transportation and fuel and<BR/>> > materials and perspective. Even if they never get built, the very idea<BR/>> > of polar cities should scare the pants off people who hear about the<BR/>> > concept and goad them into doing something concrete about global<BR/>> > warming. That's part of my agenda, too."<BR/>> ><BR/>> > For more information: http://climatechange3000.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/><BR/>> > GOOGLE: "polar cities"<BR/>> > WIKIPEDIA: "polar cities"<BR/>> > BLOG SEARCH: "polar cities"DANIELBLOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130493903696077379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-38538552185126092172007-07-12T13:10:00.000-07:002007-07-12T13:10:00.000-07:00I was just watching a special on the History Chann...I was just watching a special on the History Channel last night on how the Earth was formed. They didn't specifically get into the Gaia Hypothesis but they did talk about how the plant and animal life on the planet was created and the symbiotic relationships that keep all life on the planet alive. Fascinating stuff.SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-62811057777192526552007-07-12T11:01:00.000-07:002007-07-12T11:01:00.000-07:00An excellent post there, Nina.An excellent post there, Nina.Jean-Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689798190618944262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-88623996810264928842007-07-12T05:00:00.000-07:002007-07-12T05:00:00.000-07:00Great Post Nina. I am totally new to this subject ...Great Post Nina. I am totally new to this subject but you're pulling me in! WFW.WalksFarWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16442182069333713270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-52010079078127057152007-07-12T04:10:00.000-07:002007-07-12T04:10:00.000-07:00"from a cosmic viewpoint, the space probes since 1..."from a cosmic viewpoint, the space probes since 1959 have the character of a planet preparing to go to seed."<BR/>This is how I have always viewed our planet...the living Gaia. Excellent article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com