September 14, 2009

Evolutionary Gaians Embrace "Semistability"

To the Editor:

Michael Ruse ("Gaia in the Light of Modern Science," The Chronicle Review, July 24), in discussing the virtues and lack thereof of the Gaia hypothesis, notes that Darwin et al. were/are "Heracliteans" while we Gaians are "Parmenidean," the former embracing change and so, too, evolution, and the latter embracing constancy. Since the earth's atmosphere has been relatively

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