Life
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| - | + | :::::::::: ''"What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the'' | |
| - | + | :::::::::: ''winter time. It is the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset."'' | |
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| - | :::::::::: ''winter time. It is the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. | + | |
:::::::::: ''Crowfoot, chief of the Blackfoot Indians, 1890'' | :::::::::: ''Crowfoot, chief of the Blackfoot Indians, 1890'' | ||
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An astronaut viewing earth from space would | An astronaut viewing earth from space would | ||
| - | probably say life is where the earth is ( | + | probably say life is where the earth is ("a |
blue planet in the vastness of empty space). | blue planet in the vastness of empty space). | ||
A bushman from the Kalahari desert would perhaps | A bushman from the Kalahari desert would perhaps | ||
| - | say life is where water is ( | + | say life is where water is ("a green oasis in |
| - | an endless desert | + | an endless desert"), while an Inuit from the |
North Pole would argue that life is where | North Pole would argue that life is where | ||
| - | light is ( | + | light is ("a red fire at 20 degrees below |
| - | zero surrounded by a desert of frozen ice | + | zero surrounded by a desert of frozen ice"). |
Life is simply the opposite of non-life, | Life is simply the opposite of non-life, | ||
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universe, one can say that life is the | universe, one can say that life is the | ||
exception. The abnormal condition | exception. The abnormal condition | ||
| - | ( | + | ("disease") which can be found in small |
pockets of the universe at the edge of chaos, | pockets of the universe at the edge of chaos, | ||
where self-replicating entities made of star | where self-replicating entities made of star | ||
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* [http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/the_meaning_of_life/ The Meaning of (the term) life] | * [http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/the_meaning_of_life/ The Meaning of (the term) life] | ||
| - | * [http://scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts/2007/09/what_is_life_again.php What is | + | * [http://scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts/2007/09/what_is_life_again.php What is "life"] |
