Components of a cell act on their own to create the concert of the functioning cell. This is what Schrödinger meant by “events which are a paragon of orderliness.” By self-propagation and self-differentiation, cells themselves diversify into tissue and organs and organisms. Organisms make up species, which exist within and because of community interactions and dynamic dependencies. Life helps to create the planetary conditions necessary for its own survival, from altering the atmosphere by producing oxygen, to plants and fungi creating soil, to creating regional weather
