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		otabdeveloper4 on Feb 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The search for extraterrestrial life as we don’t k... This isn't true, because information complexity and structure are measurable physical quantities. (In the same way we recognize language vs random noise even if we can't understand it.)

nitwit005 on Feb 3, 2023 [–]

There is no agreed upon definition for life, and certainly no information complexity requirements.

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