Originally Posted By: LED
What the geneticists and evolutionary biologists do not want to comprehend is Professor James Lovelock's theory called the Gaia hypothesis. This hypothesis basically states that the planet we all inhabit is essentially one large organism which is self regulating and is therefore in a state called homeostasis...


If the above was true then this shouldn't be possible

Originally Posted By: LED
The consequences are unknown and could potentially be so profound that the Gaia may be forced into a different homeostasis set point.


right? I mean if we can jack up the system by toying with stuff we shouldn't be toying with then Gaia isn't doing her job very well. :-)