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From: kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Chris Dollin)
Subject: Re: Stumbled across new definition for life...
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Mark C. Langston (umlangston@cc.memphis.edu) wrote:

   :   At the most basic level, there must exist some unit of life that by
   : necessity must exhibit all properties of what we term life, even though 
   : larger systems of these same units may not necessarily exhibit these same
   : properties.

Why *must* this be true?

What are the atomic units of houses, games, stories, and songs?
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Regards,    | ``"I can't suit myself," said Weinbaum, a little petulantly.
Kers.       | "I work for the Government".'' - Blish, "The Quincunx of Time".
