Re: Life in the Lab -- Fox and the Nobel Prize

Moorad Alexanian (alexanian@uncwil.edu)
Fri, 07 May 1999 09:24:18 -0400

That is precisely the point. Death is an integral part of what life is. Yet
I never her the proponents of "life-in-a-test-tube" talk about it. Death is
the cessation of life. You see, such deep issues are always circular.

Moorad

-----Original Message-----
From: Pim van Meurs <entheta@eskimo.com>
To: 'Moorad Alexanian' <alexanian@uncwil.edu>; asa@calvin.edu
<asa@calvin.edu>; Biochmborg@aol.com <Biochmborg@aol.com>; Pim van Meurs
<entheta@eskimo.com>; evolution@calvin.edu <evolution@calvin.edu>
Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 11:11 PM
Subject: RE: Life in the Lab -- Fox and the Nobel Prize

>Moorad:
>Death is an essential feature of something that is alive. If it does not
>die, then it was not a material entity that was previously alive. Moorad
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>But what is death ? You are merely side-stepping the issue here.
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>>Perhaps it would be helpful if one could define "alive" ?
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>>From: Biochmborg@aol.com[SMTP:Biochmborg@aol.com]
>>Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 8:33 PM
>>To: alexanian@uncwil.edu; evolution@calvin.edu; asa@calvin.edu
>>Subject: Re: Life in the Lab -- Fox and the Nobel Prize
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>>In a message dated 5/3/99 7:08:01 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
>>alexanian@uncwil.edu writes:
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>>> My point is that it hasn't been accomplished. The transition from dead
>>> matter to living matter is a tough one.
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>>In what way are Fox's protocells not alive?
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>>Kevin L. O'Brien
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