James Lovelock called his first proposal the "Gaia hypothesis" but has also used the term "Gaia theory". Lovelock states that the initial formulation was based on observation, but still lacked a scientific explanation. The Gaia hypothesis has since been supported by a number of scientific experiments and provided a number of useful predictions. In fact, wider research proved the original hypothesis wrong, in the sense that it is not life alone but the whole Earth system that does the regulating;. through the capabilities of multi-tiered cognition and the natural process of evolution, it could be gleaned that the entire collective symbiotic system can also be colloquially recognized and comprehended on a multiplicitous level and that not only do the natural laws continue and permeate as certain fundamentals that must be comprehended, taught, and retaught; allthewhile progressing as both individual and autonomous in our human nature as well as responsible for the wellbeing and longevity of the entire.