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trhway on Dec 15, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: A New Physics Theory of Life

“You start with a random clump of atoms, and if you shine light on it for long enough, it should not be so surprising that you get a computer.” :)

jessaustin on Dec 15, 2014 [–]

At some level of abstraction, a computer and a plant might be the same sort of thing.

Incidentally, why was trhway's comment downvoted? It expresses a perfectly logical objection to the "plant" hypothesis.

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