we still can’t even define “life” in a reasonable way, or answer basic questions like “why do arms come out basically the same size?”
Such a definition seems futile (I recommend the rest of the word sequence also). Biology already does a great job explaining what and why some things are alive. We are not going around thinking a rock is “alive”. Or what exactly did you have in mind there?
Such a definition seems futile (I recommend the rest of the word sequence also). Biology already does a great job explaining what and why some things are alive. We are not going around thinking a rock is “alive”. Or what exactly did you have in mind there?
Same quote, emphasis on the basic question.
What’s wrong with « Left and right limbs come out basically the same size because it’s the same construction plan. »?
A sufficiently mechanistic answer lets us engineer useful things, e.g. constructing an animal with left limbs 2 inches longer than its right limbs.
Ups. Yeah I forgot to address that one. I was just astonished to hear no one knows the answer to that one.