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Originally Posted by avandonk
There is no magical boundary between 'inanimate' matter and 'life' matter it is all the same stuff following the laws of the Universe.
Are self replicating crystals life? Is the PCR of DNA in vitro life? Is a virus alive? Do bacteria have self awareness? Then we have single celled fungi or slime molds that assemble and differentiate to propagate via a fruiting body. You can work your way up the tree of life to us.
We cannot do the experiment as you would have to set up a primordal Earth and wait a a few million or many more years. A simple test tube will not simulate an entire planet.
Bert
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Well put Bert, certainly worthy of some thought.
Mark