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From: whipp@roborough.gpsemi.com (David Whipp)
Subject: Re: "What is Life?"
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 11:20:45 GMT
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All these definitions of ilife in terms of reproduction are all very
interesting but I do not find them satisfactory because they imply
that you cannot determine whether something is alive unless you know
how it came into existance. Surely there must be a definition of life
that enables one to examine a system within its environment and
determine, from its current (dynamic) state and structure, whether or
not it is alive.

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                    David P. Whipp.            <whipp@roborough.gpsemi.com>
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