The persistent disequilibrium that coevolutionary life generates, and that Lovelock seeks as an acid test for its presence, is stable in its own way.

• 共同进化的生命产生出的持续非均衡态，自有其稳定之道，洛夫洛克也将这种持续的非均衡看作对共同进化机制存在与否的重要测试。