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Author: EdgarOwenEdgarOwen Date: Mar 24, 2008 11:07
It is possible to think about life (on earth at least) this way. That
there exists only a single life form which through millions of years
of time merely rearranges itself to suit its local environment. This
must be true since there has been a continuous strand of living tissue
connecting all life through time back to the beginning (assuming life
only arose once). In other words, you, me and every living thing is
part of the same single living organism back through time.
Edgar
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Author: tgtg Date: Mar 24, 2008 11:41
On Mar 24, 2:07 pm, EdgarO...@ att.net wrote: > It is possible to think about life (on earth at least) this way. That
> there exists only a single life form which through millions of years
> of time merely rearranges itself to suit its local environment. This
> must be true since there has been a continuous strand of living tissue
> connecting all life through time back to the beginning (assuming life
> only arose once). In other words, you, me and every living thing is
> part of the same single living organism back through time.
>
> Edgar
Obviously you already have thought about it this way. ;-)
I think the problem would be when you say: "merely rearranges itself
to suit its local environment". The local environment of your meta-lfe
form is the planet, and I don't see what selective pressure would
operate to get exactly the mix of life-forms (in the conventional
sense) at any given time. That would make the meta-form different from
individual critters.
-tg
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Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Mar 24, 2008 11:58
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:07:30 -0700 (PDT), EdgarOwen@ att.net wrote:
>It is possible to think about life (on earth at least) this way. That
>there exists only a single life form which through millions of years
>of time merely rearranges itself to suit its local environment. This
>must be true since there has been a continuous strand of living tissue
>connecting all life through time back to the beginning (assuming life
>only arose once). In other words, you, me and every living thing is
>part of the same single living organism back through time.
>
>Edgar
>
>
Consider your "life" as collateral inconsequential debris.
Consider your "life" as a false folk lore theory on nanotech.
Consider your "life" as a sucky deal for those of us about to die
after a "life time" of effort, training, responsibility and growth.
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Author: EdEd Date: Mar 24, 2008 14:52
On Mar 24, 2:07 pm, EdgarO...@ att.net wrote: > It is possible to think about life (on earth at least) this way. That
> there exists only a single life form which through millions of years
> of time merely rearranges itself to suit its local environment. This
> must be true since there has been a continuous strand of living tissue
> connecting all life through time back to the beginning (assuming life
> only arose once). In other words, you, me and every living thing is
> part of the same single living organism back through time.
>
> Edgar
Looked at that way there is no symbiosis, or predation, these are just
the single life form acting on itself in accord with itself.
There is no evolution since survival of a single individual has been
continous, no natural selection.
Takes some getting used to.
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Author: CopernicusNCopernicusN Date: Mar 24, 2008 16:47
On Mar 24, 6:07 pm, EdgarO...@ att.net wrote: > It is possible to think about life (on earth at least) this way. That
> there exists only a single life form which through millions of years
> of time merely rearranges itself to suit its local environment. This
> must be true since there has been a continuous strand of living tissue
> connecting all life through time back to the beginning (assuming life
> only arose once). In other words, you, me and every living thing is
> part of the same single living organism back through time.
>
> Edgar
No, not really. The DNA is not life - it is a code for a living thing
to emerge from the chaos of unorganised matter. It is only the
replicated code and not the same piece of code, with each re-
combination...
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Author: Brian FletcherBrian Fletcher Date: Mar 24, 2008 20:51
> It is possible to think about life (on earth at least) this way. That
> there exists only a single life form which through millions of years
> of time merely rearranges itself to suit its local environment. This
> must be true since there has been a continuous strand of living tissue
> connecting all life through time back to the beginning (assuming life
> only arose once). In other words, you, me and every living thing is
> part of the same single living organism back through time.
>
> Edgar
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Absolutely...except for the view of "life arising".
It always is. Impossible for the 'temporal mind' to comprehend.
BOfL
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Author: CopernicusNCopernicusN Date: Mar 25, 2008 04:28
On Mar 25, 3:51 am, "Brian Fletcher" gmail.com> wrote:> att.net> wrote in message
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> news:64079ec2-2331-4f4f-854e-96ce6d36f332@c19g2000prf.googlegroups.com...> It is possible to think about life (on earth at least) this way. That>> there exists only a single life form which through millions of years
>> of time merely rearranges itself to suit its local environment. This
>> must be true since there has been a continuous strand of living tissue
>> connecting all life through time back to the beginning (assuming life
>> only arose once). In other words, you, me and every living thing is
>> part of the same single living organism back through time.
>
>> Edgar
>
> Absolutely...except for the view of "life arising".
>
> It always is. Impossible for the 'temporal mind'...
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Author: ZerkonXZerkonX Date: Mar 25, 2008 06:32
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:07:30 -0700, EdgarOwen wrote:
> It is possible to think about life (on earth at least) this way. That
> there exists only a single life form which through millions of years of
> time merely rearranges itself to suit its local environment.
"the first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or
destroyed; rather, the amount of energy lost in a steady state process
cannot be greater than the amount of energy gained."
Seems as good a place to start as any.
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