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The Gospel of Crazy Eye Dog
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The Spaceship Earth Metaphor
The anthropocentric errors are examples of parochialism. The spaceship earth metaphor and the principle of mediocrity have both gained wide acceptance among scientifically minded people to the extent of becoming truisms. There is a life support system in Oxford Shire today, but it is not provided by the biosphere. It has been built by humans. And you know what happens if you're naked outside drunk as hell in the winter? You die.
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