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To: Brumar89 who wrote (46839)6/24/2013 8:45:27 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (2) of 85487
 
Current scientific thinking regarding when "life" is considered to have started falls into five categories which are outlined below. This doesn't necessarily mean that there are five possible "points" to choose from and you just pick your favorite. The reality is complex and these aren't so much five different points as five different criteria leading to five different areas of change that could be defined as "life beginning". The complexities are best demonstrated in the first category, where life doesn't really "begin" at all.

One of the main viewpoints, and the one that possibly best reflects the reality of the situation, is that there is no one point where life begins. Instead, the beginning of life is a continuous process. It may have a start where there is "no life" and an end where there "is life", but there isn't a clearly defined boundary. This can be a problem for people who want their world to be black and white and their morals to be absolute,

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