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To: koan who wrote (571879)	6/15/2010 9:32:15 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577111

>> The creation of organic life is really just a matter of chemistry. Maybe so. I don't suppose you can tell us what the creation of chemistry is "just a matter of"? Can you tell us what the Big Bang was "just a matter of"? What you know is far less than what you don't.

To: koan who wrote (571879)	6/15/2010 10:34:46 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577111

Koan, > Common knowledge dude. Try again. I asked for a link and you respond with a dismissive, arrogant one-liner. Advanced breeding is NOT creating life. Go ahead and copy the design that God already thought of since the beginning of time. Shouldn't be too hard. Sentience is more than just biochemical feedback loops. But if that's what you believe, then that's what you'll get. Tenchusatsu

To: koan who wrote (571879)	6/16/2010 9:16:34 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1577111

We are real close to creating brand new life out of basically inorganic material. The creation of organic life is really just a matter of chemistry. We're not close to making new life out of inorganic material .... the nano-engineering that would be involved is incredibly complex and involved. The creation of life is NOT just a matter of chemistry, though chemical knowledge and engineering is necessary. Its basically INFORMATION encoded using chemical bonds. I think it could be done with enough resources and INTELLIGENCE. Thats whats needed to develop an information encoding system using chemical bonds. I don't think we're close to being there. But regardless, you should ask yourself what or whose intelligence was/is responsible for life's information encoding system. Not some future life that humanity might someday learn enough to design, but the life that exists now.