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Can we really create self replicators?

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12-07-2004 12:29 PM 		Reply to: Message 10 by Denesha
12-07-2004 10:47 AM

Re: Life or not life
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I think there is a long road to cover between these self-replicating molecules and living things. According to Kauffman's definition of life, there should be a notion of autonomous agent, which is not reached by artificial self-replicating molecules. This is not life.
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Why should we go with Kauffman's definition? A self replicating molecule is exactly what the theory of abiogenesis predicts as the first life. Is not life a self replicating chemical reaction?
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