Dead Matter to Live Aware Matter

[Thief]

so taking it a step down.....
are amino acids alive?

seems the building blocks need to be there

 

[idav]

so taking it a step down.....
are amino acids alive?

seems the building blocks need to be there

There is some debate about that, is it rna or DNA which is life. At the very least some communication is involved.

 

[Thief]

There is some debate about that, is it rna or DNA which is life. At the very least some communication is involved.

at the molecular level.....dna.....rna.....

the form tries to be true ....to itself

how does it knoooooooow.........?

 

[idav]

how does it knoooooooow.........?

Information theory - Wikipedia

 

[Looncall]

at the molecular level.....dna.....rna.....

the form tries to be true ....to itself

how does it knoooooooow.........?

Silly anthropomorphizing it's just fancy chemistry

 

[Valjean]

so taking it a step down.....
are amino acids alive?
seems the building blocks need to be there

Are self replicating molecules alive? Computer viruses?
I'm reading some pretty broad conceptions of life in this thread....

There is some debate about that, is it rna or DNA which is life. At the very least some communication is involved.

There is communication between a line of dominoes knocking each other over

 

[Thief]

many things are predictable in their behavior.....
considering the behavior of viruses and other items....

do you not anticipate a quality of life?

I still don't confuse chemical reactions and the living.

fire is not alive
even though it is a chemical reaction
small scale and large

and life is chemical reaction
small scale and large

 

[robocop (actually)]

Sorry for the late reply. Once again thoughts are what objects are doing. As someone else on this board put it, WHAT it is and what it IS are linked like N and S on a magnet.