There's A Certain Kind Of Scepticism That

At The Moment Of Insight, A Potential Pattern Of Organized Behavior Comes Into Being.

The Universe Is Not In A Steady State; There's An Ongoing Creative Principle In Nature, Which Is Driving Things Onwards.

Most Of Nature Is Inherently Chaotic. It's Not Rigidly Determined In The Old Sense. It's Not Rigidly Predictable.

A Lot Of Us Have All Sorts Of Ideas, And We Select Some Rather Than Others And Give Expression To Those... And Some Works Of Art Are More Successful Than Others. Some Languish In Obscurity And Are Never Heard Of Again, While Others Form The Foundation Of A Whole School Of Art.

The Gaia Hypothesis Of James Lovelock [and Lynn Margulis] Puts Forward A Scientific View Of The Living Earth, Which In One Respect Is Modern, Empherical, Scientific, In Another Respect Re-awakens An Ancient Archetype, Which In Fact Is So Clearly Suggested By The Very Name Of The Hypothesis, Gaia, The Greek Name For Mother Earth.