Abiogenesis (Origins)

by broken_cynic @, Saturday, August 13, 2011, 01:27 (4612 days ago) @ David Turell

Viruses are living parasites that enter a living cell and use the genetic material in that cell to reproduce itself. If one claims that the full definition of life requires the organism to be totally self-sustaining and self-reproducing, then viruses are not truly 'fully' live.-Ok... so who/what says that the first steps to life as we know it had to be 'fully' live on our terms?-> > So how do you draw a line between living and not? What is your definition for life?
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> There are conflicting definitions; mine is simple. Grow to a certain size, maintain that structure, reproduce itself, using a chemical digestive system for protein production and energy consumption.-As above, what if the process that led to a living thing/population (by your definition) were simpler than that... but still got there in the end? (Or the beginning as it were.)


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