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Re: Adding fuel to the fire
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 8 Jun 1999 15:33:21 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > All living cells, both plant and animal,
> > have common components, but don't remember enough biology/
> > zoology to remember if they are "essential."
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> Paradoxically, if they *are* lifeforms (micro-organisms), how can they be
> "essential" to *all* life? Wouldn't they also, then, need themselves?
Oh, sure, trot out some recursive definition for them ;-) They probably feed
on phytoplankton or twinkies or something. Or, they could be made of ABS
plastic and are not, technically, alive. I want an official LEGO midichlorian!
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| (...) Sorry, I can't help it! I'm a sucker for a paradox! I also see a pair of docs, but that's just for my state of mental health. (1) ;) Jeff 1 - Not really, I just had get my pun-for-the-day in. :) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Eric Lind <ejlind@brain.uccs.edu> wrote in message news:FD0LvL.55v@lugnet.com... (...) Geez, what the heck do you think holds them together? Friction? Sheesh! ;) Kevin B aka Battlehammer (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) they (...) Paradoxically, if they *are* lifeforms (micro-organisms), how can they be "essential" to *all* life? Wouldn't they also, then, need themselves? Jeff (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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