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If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate te

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so. – James Lovelock

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This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear war, and humanity were wiped out, the Earth would breathe a sigh of relief. – James Lovelock

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There arent just bad people that commit genocide we are all capable of it. Its our evolutionary history. – James Lovelock

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