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<blockquote data-quote="Speedwell" data-source="post: 75714877" data-attributes="member: 387171"><p>I'm surprised you don't know of it. Anybody well-informed enough about scientific research into abiogenesis to argue effectively against would have heard of it already. As a rule of thumb, a living entity will have the following properties to some degree:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeostasis" target="_blank">Homeostasis</a></strong>: regulation of the internal environment to maintain a constant state; for example, sweating to reduce temperature</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_organization" target="_blank">Organization</a></strong>: being structurally composed of one or more <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(biology)" target="_blank">cells</a> – the basic units of life</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism" target="_blank">Metabolism</a></strong>: transformation of energy by converting chemicals and energy into cellular components (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabolism" target="_blank">anabolism</a>) and decomposing organic matter (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catabolism" target="_blank">catabolism</a>). Living things require <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioenergetics" target="_blank">energy</a> to maintain internal organization (homeostasis) and to produce the other phenomena associated with life.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_growth" target="_blank">Growth</a></strong>: maintenance of a higher rate of anabolism than catabolism. A growing organism increases in size in all of its parts, rather than simply accumulating matter.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation" target="_blank">Adaptation</a></strong>: the ability to change over time in response to the environment. This ability is fundamental to the process of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution" target="_blank">evolution</a> and is determined by the organism's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heredity" target="_blank">heredity</a>, diet, and external factors.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Response to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulus_(physiology)" target="_blank">stimuli</a></strong>: a response can take many forms, from the contraction of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicellular_organism" target="_blank">unicellular organism</a> to external chemicals, to complex reactions involving all the senses of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicellular_organisms" target="_blank">multicellular organisms</a>. A response is often expressed by motion; for example, the leaves of a plant turning toward the sun (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phototropism" target="_blank">phototropism</a>), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotaxis" target="_blank">chemotaxis</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproduction" target="_blank">Reproduction</a></strong>: the ability to produce new individual organisms, either <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexual_reproduction" target="_blank">asexually</a> from a single parent organism or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_reproduction" target="_blank">sexually</a> from two parent organisms. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life" target="_blank">Life - Wikipedia</a></li> </ol><p>Even those are somewhat arbitrary, and most are not qualitative measures, anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Speedwell, post: 75714877, member: 387171"] I'm surprised you don't know of it. Anybody well-informed enough about scientific research into abiogenesis to argue effectively against would have heard of it already. As a rule of thumb, a living entity will have the following properties to some degree: [LIST=1] [*][B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeostasis']Homeostasis[/URL][/B]: regulation of the internal environment to maintain a constant state; for example, sweating to reduce temperature [*][B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_organization']Organization[/URL][/B]: being structurally composed of one or more [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(biology)']cells[/URL] – the basic units of life [*][B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism']Metabolism[/URL][/B]: transformation of energy by converting chemicals and energy into cellular components ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabolism']anabolism[/URL]) and decomposing organic matter ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catabolism']catabolism[/URL]). Living things require [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioenergetics']energy[/URL] to maintain internal organization (homeostasis) and to produce the other phenomena associated with life. [*][B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_growth']Growth[/URL][/B]: maintenance of a higher rate of anabolism than catabolism. A growing organism increases in size in all of its parts, rather than simply accumulating matter. [*][B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation']Adaptation[/URL][/B]: the ability to change over time in response to the environment. This ability is fundamental to the process of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution']evolution[/URL] and is determined by the organism's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heredity']heredity[/URL], diet, and external factors. [*][B]Response to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulus_(physiology)']stimuli[/URL][/B]: a response can take many forms, from the contraction of a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicellular_organism']unicellular organism[/URL] to external chemicals, to complex reactions involving all the senses of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicellular_organisms']multicellular organisms[/URL]. A response is often expressed by motion; for example, the leaves of a plant turning toward the sun ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phototropism']phototropism[/URL]), and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotaxis']chemotaxis[/URL]. [*][B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproduction']Reproduction[/URL][/B]: the ability to produce new individual organisms, either [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexual_reproduction']asexually[/URL] from a single parent organism or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_reproduction']sexually[/URL] from two parent organisms. [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life"]Life - Wikipedia[/URL] [/LIST] Even those are somewhat arbitrary, and most are not qualitative measures, anyway. [/QUOTE]
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