that would send our economy ALL THE WAYS DOWN
How much of Chinaβs debt does the US have?
What if we used self-replicating machines as an example. Some woukd argue they're not alive. Me personally I'd say self-replicating machines might be a next step in evolution.
China can ALSO at the same time deflate the value of the assets in the US they hold
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so all the debt comes due and your money to pay it is worth LESS
A self replicating machine isn't alive, it's a machine
so it's okay to call it living and non living really; it's mostly used as living when discussing genes and proteins, it's used as non-living for biochemistry and engineering
if you are going down ANYWAY... why not take the west with you
@OneTrueGod just like y o u
anyay
@OneTrueGod All living things are essentially machines though.
correct
My toaster does things on its own once I press the tray down, is that toaster alive? no
essences dont exist tho
but they're a good shortcut
@OneTrueGod But your toaster isn't self-replicating.
sigh* this is really an argument?
WHY does that MATTER?
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Whether the toaster is alive or not really depends on how complex it is.
Its doing something by itself that it was preset to do
it's irrelevant that's why there's no good definition of it in biology @ManAnimal
@OneTrueGod Just like genes then
complexity has nothing to do with being alive
Kinda does tho
a single celled organism is alive
not very complex
simples organisms have like dozens genes
a sponge is alive
Pretty damn complex
chemically *extremely* complex
only to one without a context to quantify complexty
Everything non-living is less complex than anything alive.
O^n
and the thing 'life' uses all forces of nature it can
that is simply untrue
Genes are very deterministic or "preset" if you will. The only difference is that genes came about due to a dumb process of evolution, whereas machines were constructed.
Example pls
Here's a definition for you
@ππΎπ©π³ A home computer is more complex than an amoeba.
