As an former tech engineer now rural rancher who loves science I have come to a mystical, metaphysical belief about climate change. Let me preface this with a disclaimer: I accept our observations and mathematical representations of physics and biology as we have identified as of 09/10/2023. And, here comes the leap to the fringe, I believe the entire planet has a consciousness (the “whole earth” idea). In other words, want to meet an alien? Walk out barefooted onto earth and look between your feet and say hello to an alien. Our hyper individualism as a species, Homo sapients, will generate a response from the planet. Not that different from the George Carlin routine about it. We are becoming a nuisance to a large alien and it will deal with us.