[ExI] Things I have (sort of) changed my mind on (2): Life and consciousness

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Things I have (sort of) changed my mind on (2): Life and consciousness

... Perhaps life is special and perhaps we are still far from understanding
life, let alone building it. The physics of biology could be much more
complex than particle physics or cosmology, and a flower much more complex
than a black hole.

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There is a good free course in Khan Academy on cell biology.  Studying just
that top-level course gives one a feeling that even a single cell is more
complicated than a black hole.  Perhaps life really is extremely rare, to
the extent we really are the only ones on our scale.  Reasoning: there
really is plenty of room at the bottom.  Going inward really is a lot easier
than going outward.

spike