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Biology says life has these seven properties: organization, growth, reproduction, metabolism, homeostasis, response, and adaptation. But is that always true? Are Conway's Game of Life creatures alive? What do physics and entropy have to say about this? Let's find out.

Nick Lucid - Creator/Host/Writer/Editor/Animator
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VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS

Are Neurons Just Electric Circuits?
https://youtu.be/YQsSrW5oX80
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RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Amoeba Sisters on Life:
https://youtu.be/cQPVXrV0GNA

Stated Clearly on Life:
https://youtu.be/pbZ2MFAbGrk

PBS Digital Studios on Life:
https://youtu.be/_uAJY1mqtw4
https://youtu.be/GcfLZSL7YGw

Kurzgesagt on Life:
https://youtu.be/QOCaacO8wus
https://youtu.be/16W7c0mb-rE
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OTHER SOURCES

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2019/03/27/what-is-life/
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-biology-foundations/hs-biology-and-the-scientific-method/a/what-is-life
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/research/life-detection/about/
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/11919/the-limits-of-organic-life-in-planetary-systems
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/073911011010524992
https://youtu.be/10cVVHKCRWw
https://youtu.be/6Hfelo_qAw0
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LINKS TO COMMENTS

Poll Result Comments:
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PBS Space Time on Confined Mass:
https://youtu.be/gSKzgpt4HBU
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IMAGE CREDITS

Virus CDC Illustration:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SARS-CoV-2_without_background.png

Ernst Haeckel's Tree of Life:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tree_of_life_by_Haeckel.jpg

Big Bang Simulation:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12656

Dolphin Skeleton:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White-sided_dolphin.jpg

Animal Clipart:
https://openclipart.org/detail/299642/ape

https://openclipart.org/detail/301079/deal-with-itdolphin
https://openclipart.org/detail/94633/turtlethinking