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To: TimF who wrote (341)6/11/2008 3:37:28 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) of 3816
 
but that specific life form was created

Then I created a lot of new lifeforms when I shaved a layer of cells off my cheek this morning.

I think the trendy term for your mistake is "conflation". It means you are blending and confusing a couple of concepts so that you can use multiple contexts. Life is "not-death". If you mean something else by "life" then it is a different context than the state of being alive.

TP
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