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The Last Law of Thermodynamics

The Last Law of Thermodynamics: allis one, one is all - interchange is intrachange.

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We limit our understanding of life to molecular autopoiesis. Thus, we conclude that a molecule is not alive. But isn't a molecule autopoietic on an atomic and subatomic level?!

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Sartre once wrote: "Hell is other people." I see it differently: "We are our own hell."

starving cancer

"We found the tumor suppressor Rb is a critical regulator of the starvation response," said Han, who also is a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator. "Rb is known for doing more than just suppressing cell division associated with cancer -- it carries out a host of other cellular tasks including regulating development. The new findings by our group and research by other groups suggest organisms survive longer when they encounter starvation by regulating the expression of a large number of genes." Source: Link Between Tumor Suppressor and Starvation http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510102107.htm

"genetic memory of starvation"

"We were also surprised to find that the great-grandchildren of the starved worms had an extended life span," said Dr. Rechavi. Reference: The Memory of Starvation in Your Genes http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140731145845.htm

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There are no blueprints for trees. They build themselves one intuitive choice at a time.

motion is change, change is motion

My mind keeps echoing back to its prior revelations (in "History of the Next Big Bang"): "There is no motion without change. There is no change without motion. Thus, motion is change and change is motion."

Words Need Minds to Exist

Unknowable Legacy

Hundreds of birds fed off this mulberry tree over this summer, airdropping its seeds in places this tree will never know. Unknowable legacy...

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