That’s great, because if you follow through that link (i.e., organism), you will find it is based on the cell.
So all life (that we know of) has cells but are all things with cells life? Dead cells don’t count right? So what defines a living cell? Have we just gone circular here?
Ok, if a mule is cloned, then what produced the clone if not the mule? The mule’s cell? Well then that’s the same as for people because people do not produce people, people’s cells produce people. I defy you to try to create a person without a cell.
I’ll have to think about this one some more. (Not the last sentence. That was just gratuitous.)
That’s great, because if you follow through that link (i.e., organism), you will find it is based on the cell.
So all life (that we know of) has cells but are all things with cells life?
Yes, but no because or your next question.
Dead cells don’t count right?
right.
So what defines a living cell?
A living cell is a system far from chemical equilibrium. It has a large internal free energy, meaning that if it is allowed to die and decay towards chemical equilibrium, energy (heat) is released.
Have we just gone circular here?PC
Not really, I have great respect for you and George.
Ok, if a mule is cloned, then what produced the clone if not the mule? The mule’s cell? Well then that’s the same as for people because people do not produce people, people’s cells produce people. I defy you to try to create a person without a cell.
I’ll have to think about this one some more. (Not the last sentence. That was just gratuitous.)
PC
No, the last sentence was not gratuitous. I meant it to support the fact that people’s cells (not people) reproduce.
That’s fine. I just didn’t want you to think I was dissing you.
No worries. I didn’t meant to imply insulting, just not called for by the circumstances. Natural language can be ambiguous. To the meat of your post though, I still see a category error in there somewhere. I’ll just have to work on verbalizing it.
Most would say death, but isn’t birth the opposite of death?
No, birth is the opposite direction of death. The opposite of life is inverse life : that which when added to life produces nullity. Birth and death occur at the central point, like zero for real numbers.
No, birth is the opposite direction of death. The opposite of life is inverse life : that which when added to life produces nullity. Birth and death occur at the central point, like zero for real numbers.
What happens to our bodies after we die? Do they brake down all the way to oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, etc.? (Assuming they are not cremated or eaten by worms, of course.)
No, birth is the opposite direction of death. The opposite of life is inverse life : that which when added to life produces nullity. Birth and death occur at the central point, like zero for real numbers.
By the way, mules will sure try hard to reproduce, and occasionally one of them does, to the consternation of the mare’s owner.
I didn’t realize that I ceased to be alive when I had my vasectomy.
Some crystals reproduce (seed themselves), and fire reproduces. Life is one of those things we can all identify, but we have a very difficult time defining - sort of like pornography (as a judge said, “I know it when I see it”).
What happens to our bodies after we die? Do they brake down all the way to oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, etc.? (Assuming they are not cremated or eaten by worms, of course.)
In depends on what eats them. If it is something large, they will be broken down into large molecules. Smaller creatures deal with smaller molecules. Fire will break them down to atoms and the smallest molecules.
What happens to our bodies after we die? Do they brake down all the way to oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, etc.? (Assuming they are not cremated or eaten by worms, of course.)
Yes, in this sense we are like rocks. The difference is in what I said to PC earlier when he asked what happens when a cell dies. I said: A living cell is a system far from chemical equilibrium. It has a large internal free energy, meaning that if it is allowed to die and decay towards chemical equilibrium, energy (heat) is released.
By the way, mules will sure try hard to reproduce, and occasionally one of them does, to the consternation of the mare’s owner.
that’s true
I didn’t realize that I ceased to be alive when I had my vasectomy.
You didn’t cease to be alive - your cells can still be used for reproduction. Additionally, a vasectomy can often be reversed.
Some crystals reproduce (seed themselves), and fire reproduces. Life is one of those things we can all identify, but we have a very difficult time defining - sort of like pornography (as a judge said, “I know it when I see it”).
Occam
True, but those are chemical reactions, not biological systems (which yes certainly contain much chemistry). They are not life.
