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SYSK Choice: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything & Why Scientists Can’t Define Life

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The Importance of Consciousness in Life

The vast majority of species on earth are not conscious they haven't been conscious for billions of years and life has done just fine without consciousness so we all like our consciousness but I don't think it's a vital essential ingredient for understanding life. Can life be created? It ought to be. Humans have not combined some chemicals and produced something that might display the behaviors that means it's alive, he says. But scientists are taking fascinating steps towards making life like combinations of chemicals which break apart into new droplets in dish of water.

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