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Earth immune system

The Gaia Hypothesis holds that the entire earth may be considered a single organism (Gaia), which possesses some sort of Earth immune system.

Some proponents of this theory, for example, hold that humankind can be considered a infection of Gaia, and that AIDS is a attempt by this immune system to reject the infection.

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