You've lost me completely here
Steven
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From: John Foster <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, December 04, 1998 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: Is Altruism consistent with environmentalsim?
>Ya but we haven't established yet if Gaia is real [real consensus] yet. If
>euvolvox is an organism with sensible microorganisms, does that
>automatically infer that the central nervous system [which some species
>lack] is capable of trans-continental communication, except through
>entelechy? Does Gaia have to have a central nervous system or is this left
>to humans and dolphins as evolution progresses? The Gaia hypothesis is very
>real in that it can be used to predict the existence of the Sulfur cycle.
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>John
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>At 10:27 03/12/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>Bryan, are you making the literal Gaia arguement? i.e. the Earth is
>>sentient? I've heard that, but it requires a definition of sentience which
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