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Old 07-02-2007, 06:09 AM
Alex-db Alex-db is offline
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Default Re: Life: A definition

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I think the definitions of 'life' and 'non life' are mostly useless; consider that all matter is made fundamentally of energy... all things are composed of the same material there is nothing unique about 'life' as opposed to 'non life'. I'm not saying you can't make some arbitrary defintion if you want... it just doesn't matter.

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This is like saying "a car" is no different to "metal" and the definition is useless.

What do you have against defining "life" as a particular type of arrangement of matter (energy)
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