Robin
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| Quote (Quack @ Aug. 07 2012,07:28) | As close a definition of animal life as I can think of, is that it basically is like a double walled tube, open at both ends. The inner tube, nutrition in at one end, waste out the other.
If there is no flow through that channel the thing is dead, or will soon be. |
I agree. The problem I have with Bjorn's hypothetical is that it encompasses basic biological functions for no reason. Anything that is ageless could not eat (or at least combust) food and produce waste. That biological function alone causes degradation to the system while providing the necessary nutrients for biological function.
Basically, Bjorn appears to be describing fire in the shape of a human as a biologically alive organism.
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we IDists rule in design for the flagellum and cilium largely because they do look designed. Bilbo
The only reason you reject Thor is because, like a cushion, you bear the imprint of the biggest arse that sat on you. Louis
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