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James Lovelock is the scientist behind the “gaia theory”. While doing research for NASA on Mars in the 1960’s he “formed the hypothesis that  “living and non-living parts of the earth form a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism.”  (wikipedia) In 1979 Lovelock published: Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, which while being criticised by other scientists for its quasi spiritual overtones, was widely read. Lovelock is one of the creators of our current environmental consciousness. Now James Lovelock has come up with a new theory,  namely that earth is beyond saving. James Lovelock … Lees verder →