Maybe Nature Shouldn’t Be Worshipped After All

James Lovelock attends The Oldie of the Year Awards at Simpson's in the Strand in London, UK, on Feb. 7, 2017. Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

Commentary

A statement widely attributed to the great British thinker G.K. Chesterton describes the modern period as perfectly as any single idea can: “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing; they believe in anything.”