Lest we forget, the greater part of the human body is water...as is the living earth. We know what happens when a human being goes without water for too long...We know what happens when we drink contaminated water...But happens to 'Gaia' when she is goes thirsty? What happens when her blood is fouled? Rupert Sheldrake reminds us that it's all about "sensitive dependence on initial conditions." Very small changes in natural systems are not necessarily lost in the ocean of time. More often than not, they multiply geometrically in cacades that spawn other cascades. The complexity of the proccess and sheer number of variables are beyond the farthest limits of our 'Difference Engines'; beyond the grasp of the highest mathematics. Here we are in our tiny boat, drawn downstream on invisible currents...up ahead, the faint ululation of a waterfall...
- KBOO