But back to the question of when life begins. Life "began" when a bunch of chemical components somehow found themselves able to do something that they couldn't do separately. And somehow they became able to spread, expand, and later to reproduce. Since then life has been continuous. We are an extension of the life that began in the slime. Tentacles of life reach out all the time, in every direction. We are host to more living cells that are NOT us than to cells that ARE us. Life is a network, a collage, a confusing interconnected amazing self-promoting thing. Cells die but life goes on. Skin cells. Stomach cells. Sperm cells. Egg cells. The idea that a sperm cell + an egg cell is somehow sacred because it is more alive than any other cells is exaggerated. The web of life goes on. The boundaries of death remain.
Life Begins When?
But back to the question of when life begins. Life "began" when a bunch of chemical components somehow found themselves able to do something that they couldn't do separately. And somehow they became able to spread, expand, and later to reproduce. Since then life has been continuous. We are an extension of the life that began in the slime. Tentacles of life reach out all the time, in every direction. We are host to more living cells that are NOT us than to cells that ARE us. Life is a network, a collage, a confusing interconnected amazing self-promoting thing. Cells die but life goes on. Skin cells. Stomach cells. Sperm cells. Egg cells. The idea that a sperm cell + an egg cell is somehow sacred because it is more alive than any other cells is exaggerated. The web of life goes on. The boundaries of death remain.
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Random Thoughts About Old vs New Great Depression
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George Packer speaks at Literary Arts Opening
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Word of the Day: Melungeon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melungeon I had never heard this word until today. Melungeon = Member of a triracial (black, white, native) group…
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Random Thoughts About Old vs New Great Depression
Back in the Old Great Depression young people moved back to their families. They could not afford rent, so they went where the roof over their…
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George Packer speaks at Literary Arts Opening
On Tuesday this week I attended the opening lecture of a lecture series hosted by the nonprofit organization Portland Literary Arts. I had…