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

Something You Should Know

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The Problem With Defining Life

I've been writing about life for, gosh maybe 30 years now in the New York Times and elsewhere. So what's your definition of what it means to be alive? I don't think anybody has one that really is standing up. We have this sense that we know but you know if you really kind of scratch under the surface you kind of don't. You can think of lots of examples that will defy any definition you come up with"

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