From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Thu Jul 11 2002 - 23:03:01 MDT
<<I don't know any details but just heard of a minor milestone on the radio.
For the first time a living virus has been made from scratch in the lab from
raw chemicals. I like it because it's yet another poke in the eye for those
who claim that there is something about life that science can never
duplicate.
John K Clark <A HREF="mailto:jonkc@att.net">jonkc@att.net</A> >>
Are viruses, Life? Are they not-life? Are they naturally occuring robots,
instead of life? I wonder how complicated something has to be before it is
considered to be alive? And, does complexity mean that something is alive, or
is it just a complicated mechanism? Is that what we are?
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