Hi I'm writing a university essay on artificial life. What I would like to
know is if DNA could under any circumstances be considered alive? What about
proteins? Bacteria, presumably, are considered alive as are viruses. At what
point do 'simple things' cease to be alive and become, say, just a chemical
reaction?
Thanks in advance. (Answers by email would be preferred.)
Thanks,
Matthew
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School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, UK
Email: mattst at cogs.susx.ac.uk Phone: UK (+44) 0831 542806
Or: matthew.stanfield at bigfoot.com Fax : UK (+44) 01865 514494
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