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From: sylvere@divsun.unige.ch (Silvere Martin-Michiellot)
Subject: Re: "What is Life?"
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 10:25:46 GMT
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In article 00601186@ozemail.com.au, gbrown@ozemail.com.au (gerry browne) writes:
>It seems impossible to describe a set of rules that can be applied to 
>determine if something posseses life but it is easy to determine the states 
>before and after life.
>
>1.  The state before life is creation.
>2.  The next state after life is death.
>
>The definition of life is then something that experiences creation followed at 
>some later time by death.  I don't believe that the laws of physics allow 
>anything to have an eternal existance so death always follows life.
>
>Gerry Browne

All right, then... What is death ? 
1. The state before death is life.
2. The next state after death is nothing.

Is that what you mean ? :-)

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"Is anyone alive down there ?"

Silvere MARTIN-MICHIELLOT


