What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger (1944) [pdf]

Re:What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger (1944) [pdf] by trevyn on Monday January 14, 2019 @10:25PM (#18908649)

This is just a language issue. A fun technique: try to have this discussion with someone while banning the word “life” and its derivatives from the discussion.

It usually turns out that you’re arguing over the preferred definition of an English word, and you can actually find a point of agreement on the underlying models.

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Re:What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger (1944) [pdf] by dotancohen on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @02:22AM (#18909376)

Banning the root word of the domain is my favorite way of discussing any controversial topic.

Try discussing religion with someone of a different faith without invoking God(s) or any specific prophets. It turns out that you're left with origin theories, a system of morals, and a mostly observations-based prototype to modern science.

Now try international politics without using the terms war, peace, or border.

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Re:What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger (1944) [pdf] by lihaciudaniel on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:12AM (#18919321)

Now we should ban the word favourite here.

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