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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Life is anything that moves, reproduces, senses, grows, respires, excretes and eats.

Consciousness is more mysterious and less well defined.

[–] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

Yes, but how do living things come into existence? What makes a cell alive?

It's not about defining what a living being is.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Jiggling. It's about wiggling and jiggling.

[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

“Jiggle physics is the real science. Everything else is stamp collecting.” - Einstein maybe

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

"What is a jiggleo?

A dead body

Well, he ain't really dead, but he ain't like

Anybody that you've ever met before

He'll eat monopoly and shit out connect four"

-ICP

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