While Lovelock backs off earlier assertions that Gaia is an organism, or acts as if it is one, he maintains that it really is a system that has living characteristics.

• 当洛夫洛克不再强调早期的主张，说盖亚是一个有机体或表现得像一个有机体的时候，他保留意见说盖亚确实是一个具有生命特色的系统。