Craig, On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 2:25 AM, Craig Erb <craig_...@ymail.com> wrote: > [dang lover] >> the presence of DNA seems a good (the only?) way to separate inorganic >> patterns from biological patterns. > > IMHO DNA is an inorganic pattern [as is carbon], so they are inappropriate > for distinguishing the two respective levels.
Dan: I tend to disagree with this. A genetic code is peculiar to the biological level whereas carbon is not. > What makes something alive (a biological pattern) is its experience with its > environment. Dan: You know your own experience. But how do you know another biological pattern's experience? For instance, how do you know what scrambled eggs taste like to a cockroach? Thanks, Dan http://www.danglover.com Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
