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Is there any evidence to support the gaia hypothesis on earth or on mars? Is mars a dead superorganism while the earth is a living one? What kinds of theorys is the gaia hypothesis founded on and can the same be said about mars and the rest of the planets in the solar system?
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The evidence Gaians usually cite is how the various natural feedback loops of the planet maintain the environmental qualities needed for life. For instance I've read some Gaians who cite how life has kept the biosphere at average temperatures through the eons even though the sun has grown much brighter over the lifespan of Earth. The more 'theocratic' style Gaians maintain that humans should remain bound to the Earth because we depend on Earth's photosynthetic systems which is somehow construed as evidence that Earth brought us about to be its sentience and therefore we'd be something akin to traitors if we leave it. I don't really understand the latter very well, it strikes me as a stretch of an argument.
My people don't call themselves Sioux or Dakota. We call ourselves Ikce Wicasa, the natural humans, the free, wild, common people. I am pleased to call myself that. -Lame Deer
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