Do We Really Need a Definition of Life?

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Is this something we actually need to do as, you know, humans decide what life is? Are we coming to a stop here? This is a dead end. Like, let's not try. Or do we still need to try to find that perfect definition? Well, again, it really depends on who you talk to. So there will be people who will say, no, we really do need a definition of life for scientific purposes.

For every definition of life, there’s a creature that sends us right back to the drawing board.

This is the third episode in our three-part series, Origins, about the beginnings and boundaries of life on Earth.

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