
The Sun
The Infinite Monkey Cage
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What Is Life?
Life is an improbable chemical reaction which needs to be constantly fed with external energy. From the very beginning of life, once we'd got away from the hot ocean floor, we had to go to the sea surface and get a lie in the sun. So there's something so clever about the way we've evolved, given the star we have on our doorstep,. Given the light that that star gives to us, that we receive on the surface of the earth. And iwnt o evolution h natural selection. It's just a series of successful mistakes. In terms of physics, it isn't a messy process at all. You can't use a word forli clever for the way we evolve
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