modest Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 Being able to reproduce may not so strictly be true as a qualification on an individual basis - but a life form’s parent/parents no doubt had the ability. Saying that biological life needs the ability to reproduce describes how a life form came into existence more than it describes its current fertility, I would think. I guess counter examples might still be proposed. The life form of universal common descent (the first life form) did not come about via reproduction. Also, any life form humans end up creating (silicone or carbon based) may not be bound by any reproduction qualification. Perhaps reproduction is not so much a necessary condition as a useful one considering the current way of things. -modest Quote
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