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Re:What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger (1944) [pdf] by goatlover on Monday January 14, 2019 @08:32PM (#18908172)
The lines are drawn based on what biology we have available to us. If we ever discover alien biology, the lines might be drawn more broadly. But we don't know until then.
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Re:What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger (1944) [pdf] by hopler on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @11:11PM (#18918173)
It's still a bit arbitrary. Why is the water cycle in a mountain/coud/river not a living process, but the ATP cycle in a cell is?
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