Science Always Uses Metaphor.

Imagine 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.

There Is No Clear Distinction Anywhere On The Earth's Surface Between Living And Nonliving Matter. There Is Merely A Hierarchy Of Intensity Going From The 'material' Environment Of The Rocks And The Atmosphere To The Living Cells.

The Problem Is We Don't Know What The Climate Is Doing. We Thought We Knew 20 Years Ago. That Led To Some Alarmist Books - Mine Included - Because It Looked Clear-cut, But It Hasn't Happened.

Sadly, It's Much Easier To Create A Desert Than A Forest.

Nature Favors Those Organisms Which Leave The Environment In Better Shape For Their Progeny To Survive.