[Sheila Wilson]
| ... Death is often referred to as a good thing; for example, a seed
| must be buried in the ground and die before a new plant is grown ...
I'm not a biologist, but the statement that the seed "dies" has always
struck me as weird. On the other hand, death of cells and various
other life forms seems to be a very basic ingredient in life. Perhaps
someone more qualified than me could comment on this.
SA
-- Stein Arild Strømme +47 55584825, +47 95801887 Universitetet i Bergen Fax: +47 55589672 Matematisk institutt www.mi.uib.no/stromme/ Johs Brunsg 12, N-5008 BERGEN stromme@mi.uib.noReceived on Wed Sep 22 04:37:48 2004
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