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   Gary McGath to Joy Beeson   
   Re: Gaia   
   25 Apr 25 14:59:52   
   
   From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 4/24/25 10:33 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:   
   >   
   > The good news:  Gaia is real, and she can take care of   
   > herself.   There will be life on Earth until the sun   
   > swallows it.   
   >   
   > The bad news:  Gaia regarded the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg)   
   > Extinction Event the way we regard a mild case of sunburn.   
   >   
      
   I'm reminded of a George Carlin talk where he pointed out that "saving   
   the Earth" is nonsense. Earth will survive anything we can do to it. We   
   might not.   
      
   --   
   Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com   
      
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