The entire range of living matter on Earth from whales to viruses and from oaks to algae could be regarded as constituting a single living entity capable of maintaining the Earth's atmosphere to suit its overall needs and endowed with faculties and powers far beyond those of its constituent parts.
James LovelockChina will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it caps aspirations there will be a revolution.
James LovelockYou never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job.
James LovelockImagine a survivor of a failed civilization with only a tattered book on aromatherapy for guidance in arresting a cholera epidemic. Yet, such a book would more likely be found amid the debris than a comprehensible medical text.
James LovelockI suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway.
James LovelockComposing computer programs to solve scientific problems is like writing poetry. You must choose every word with care and link it with the other words in perfect syntax. There is no place for verbosity or carelessness. To become fluent in a computer lnaguage demands almost the antithesis of modern loose thinking. It requires many interactive sessions, the hands-on use of the device. You do not learn a foreign language from a book, rather you have to live in the country for year to let the langauge become an automatic part of you, and the same is true for computer languages.
James Lovelock