linkedin post 2021-09-18 04:59:43

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TRADITIONAL CUT OFFS. “Some have localized the threshold of life” at the level of self-replicating informational polymers, catalytic networks, metabolism, thermodynamic properties, autopoiesis, membrane formation, or the level of entities in some type of hierarchy.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-019-02356-w View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2021-09-16 04:21:42

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DIGITAL TICKETS on 2nd October at 3-4 pm, at the Petersfield Museum, Hampshire UK. Talk by my old friend, naturalist, The Times newspaper nature columnist, and published butterfly author with four books under his belt, Mathew Oates, titled ‘The ever encouraging friend' - Discovering WH Hudson.’ Worth an hour, for certain. https://lnkd.in/dCNnzynM View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2021-09-18 04:57:00

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A BIT ALIVE. “Taken together, these analyses provide a conceptual “lifeness space” that makes it possible to move away from a categorical construal of life by empirically assessing the relative lifeness of more-or-less alive entities.” Cardinal heresy alert! Prepare the burning stakes! https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-019-02356-w View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2021-09-18 04:55:12

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NUANCED QUALIA. “While aligning with intuitions—for instance about viruses being less alive than bacteria—these quantitative results also reveal differential degrees of performance that have so far remained elusive or overlooked.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-019-02356-w View in LinkedIn
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