Gaia hypothesis

Part One: The Gaia Hypothesis, proposed by James Lovelock, suggests that everything on the Earth makes up a single, living organism. It suggests that if something on the Earth changes, other things on the Earth with evolve to accommodate that change. This is similar to how, if you begin running, your heart will start beating faster to provide more oxygen to your muscles. Lovelock describes Gaia as, “…a complex living entity…which seeks an optimal physical and chemical environment for life on this planet.” Part Two: The Earth is not as nurturing as the supporters of the Gaia Hypothesis think it is. The Gaia Hypothesis states that the Earth evolves when things change with the Earth to keep it from essentially ruining the Earth. This may be…

The Gaia hypothesis states that " that all organisms and their inorganic surroundings on Earth are closely integrated to form a single and self-regulating complex system, maintaining the conditions for life on the planet." This theory was created by NASA scientist named James Lovelock to explain how the earth maintains a state of equilibrium (Wilson, 2015). Since he introduced this hypothesis, James has received criticism from his peers who brand it as nothing more than a theory. Specifically,…

Primo Levi has a view that humans have a complex relationship with the earth. In his writing he portrays the awareness of humans place on earth. In order to be a scientist, one has to cultivate between predictability (mechanistic philosophy) and the earth being alive (Gaia-hypothesis). Without predictability, one would not have any knowledge on anything; if the world was pure randomness, there would be no meaning to anything and nothing would matter. The Gaia-hypothesis enables us, humans, to…

James Lovelock, fundamentally formulated the theory that our Earth is unique and complex because the Earth is a self-regulating system that replenishes itself for the species, in order to maintain homeostasis, within the system. Lovelock interestingly familiarizes our Earth to the nature of human beings, such as the Earth’s skin are forests that sweat to preserve the cooling of the Earth, while the oceans are rivers of blood that flow through the veins of Earth transporting nutrients and washing…

Grinspoon talks about the relationship between abiotic and biotic world, and how that is why Gaia is a living organism. However, there have been debates about what it means to be “alive”. According to Grinspoon, some scientists believe that Gaia is “seeking something” and striving to sustain life, as opposed to simply stabilizing itself (70). In the documentary, the discussion on whether or not Earth is alive is left out. However, in the article “Gaia Hypothesis,” there is a range from weak Gaia…

Goddess, Gaia was created from the raging chaos that existed before the beginning of time. She gave birth to Uranus, the king of the sky. They became the first husband and wife. The underworld is represented because Gaia and Uranus bore many children, but they were monsters with 100 arms and one eyed creatures called Cyclops (University of Phoenix,,1995-2020).These monsters were like giants. Uranus feared the monsters, although they were his children and he sent them under the earth later called…

(Room, Adrian 145 pg.) Although never associated with evil or being demonic, worshipers still were sullen when hearing his name and while making a sacrifice, they would avert their eyes to avoid any reference to the Underworld. (Cotterell, Arthur & Storm, Rachel 47 pg.) Even his wife Persephone, Goddess of spring growth didn’t want to be married to the God of the dead in fact, she was stolen by Hades when she was playing in a meadow on a sunny day. Not known to ever travel to the realm of the…

Greek Mythology gave a reason behind everything that the Greeks could see, feel, and what they had to do to survive. The Gods and Goddesses gave them a feeling of protection from the things they didn’t understand. They gave the mortals someone to believe no matter what the situation was. Myths gave a reason and story behind the things around them, and why the things were the way were. The ancient Greeks believed that in the beginning there was only Chaos, but out of the empty void, Erebus,…

The Titans may be one of the most powerful group of Greek hero’s, not only coming from the Golden Age, but any time period. That is exactly what the name means, “They were immortal giants of incredible strength and knowledge of old religion rituals and magic”. They were also known as the Elder Gods and came from Mount Othrys (“The Titans”, 2016). So why not name a football team the Titans? Whether it is a professional, college, high school or any level of competition having an intimidating name…

Titans only because they are already against him. One of Zeus’s allies, Kottos, tells him, “Because of your intelligence; we find An unexpected end to suffering. Now with our minds intent, and eager hearts, We will preserve your power in dreadful war Against the Titans, on the battlefield” (PM 163). This shows that Zeus is already a hero before he defeats Kronos and the Titans, and that he already has all the power he can have in a couple of ways. First is how Kottos uses the word preserve; this…