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Old 09-January-2009, 11:18 AM
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My question is this: Could life be the random occurrence of a control mechanism for these particles? Similar to the way a transistor is able to control the state of a current (try not to cloud your brain with the specifics of that crude analogy) This control mechanism wouldn't have infinite power, b/c it would still be severely limited by probability... but... perhaps it could have the ability to make simple decisions ... and therefore the ability to evolve into complex organisms over the course of millions of years.
If you don't go into the specifics, I would say, yes, definitely, and the proof is that it has already occurred in our case. But, also, without specifics, where does that get you?
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