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James MacAllister wrote a new post, March 2016 Environmental Evolution newsletter 10 years, 6 months ago
Various news articles and links. A discussion of the context and background for Lynn Magulis’s conservative skepticism of CDC statements about antibiotics being effective to cure Lyme disease and syphilis, and […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, The Living Universe: NASA and the Development of Astrobiology 10 years, 9 months ago
From the publisher: “The Living Universe is a comprehensive, historically nuanced study of the formation of the new scientific discipline of exobiology and its transformation into astrobiology. The authors explain […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, The Living Universe: NASA and the Development of Astrobiology 10 years, 9 months ago
From the publisher: “The Living Universe is a comprehensive, historically nuanced study of the formation of the new scientific discipline of exobiology and its transformation into astrobiology. The authors explain […]
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Fascinating . . . the connection between exobiology and astrobiology. Thanks for adding this Jim!
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Bacteria to Biosphere – Gaia is symbiosis seen from space 10 years, 11 months ago
A presentation to the European Society for Literature,Science and the Arts (SLSAeu) at their 2015 meeting on “Scale” in Malta. The presentation discusses the new paradigms in biology and evolution that have […]
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Excellent!
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Many thanks Jim!
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Is the idea that the Universe is a living system scientifically valid? 10 years, 11 months ago
An scientific analysis of the statement “The Universe is a living system.” There are very specific criteria for the statement of a scientific hypothesis, which are outlined. There is also a method by which […]
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James MacAllister replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 11 years ago
Ursula,I have a friend who is a Pagan priestess. In Pagan circles there is a fellow who has a “Gaia Theory” so I think it is safe to say that there are more Gaia theories than that of James Lovelock with collaboration from Lynn Margulis. My comments will be specific to Lovelock’s Gaia Theory. Lovelock has on occasion spoken of the Earth System…[Read more]
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James MacAllister replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 11 years ago
Duane,
It is true that there is no complete and agreed upon definition for life, but I think your statement that there is no commonly agreed to criteria for defining life is not correct. You began this discussion with a very poor definition of life according to David Christian, a Big Historian. There are certainly criteria for cellular life that…[Read more]
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James MacAllister replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 11 years ago
Duane,
You are asking for my definition of “woo-woo”. What I meant was those things that are not observable, measureable, reproducible or require forces that are supernatural. Science is the study of nature and natural forces. I don’t mean to denigrate things that are not science there are many good things that are not science. It is useful…[Read more]
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James MacAllister replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 11 years ago
I have loved reading and listening to Alan Watts since I was 18 (I’m now 67). Lynn Margulis was a great proponent of humility in the face of all we do not know. That said, discussions require definitions of terms. This discussion is based on the definitions of David Christian and they are very poor definitions indeed. He is an anthropocentric Big…[Read more]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, The Ages of Gaia: A Biography of Our Living Earth 11 years, 1 month ago
Lovelock first sketched out his theory in his bestseller, Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth. People all over the world embraced the theory, and in less than ten years it moved from the margins of scientific […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, The Thousand Names of Gaia 11 years, 1 month ago
Written for the Rio de Janeiro meeting
The Thousand Names of Gaia
September 2014
Bruno Latour, Sciences Po
For discussion only. English kindly corrected by Michael Flower
“Since we are assembled for a sort of […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, The Squid, the Vibrio & the Moon 11 years, 1 month ago
The Squid, the Vibrio & the Moon is a beautifully illustrated storybook about the symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the bioluminescent bacteria (Vibrio fischeri) that help it glow in […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, In Search Of Truth. In Memory of Lynn Margulis 11 years, 1 month ago
from Vimeo “A short film documentary in remembrance of the biologist who changed our point of view in evolution, Lynn Margulis (Chicago, IL, 5th March 1938–Amherst, MA, 22nd Nov. 2011). Shot in Catalonia (Spain) a […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution 11 years, 2 months ago
from the publisher “Microcosmos brings together the remarkable discoveries of microbiology of the past two decades and the pioneering research of Dr. Margulis to create a vivid new picture of the world that is […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding 11 years, 2 months ago
from the publisher “‘Knowing how we know’ is the subject of this book. Its authors present a new view of cognition that has important social and ethical implications, for, they assert, the only world we humans can […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Secret Chambers: The Inside Story of Cells & Complex Life 11 years, 2 months ago
from the publisher “The appearance of the modern plant cell is one of the most deeply puzzling and unlikely steps in the whole history of life, and as Martin Brasier shows in Secret Chambers, decoding this puzzle […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail 11 years, 2 months ago
from the publisher “*Immoderate Greatness* explains how a civilization’s very magnitude conspires against it to cause downfall. Civilizations are hard-wired for self-destruction. They travel an arc from initial s […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Earth, Life, and System: Evolution and Ecology on a Gaian Planet 11 years, 2 months ago
from the publisher “Exploring the broad implications of evolutionary theorist Lynn Margulis’s work, this collection brings together specialists across a range of disciplines, from paleontology, molecular biology, […]
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