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It depends on how you define life, which the article doesn't cover. If by life you mean 'demonstrates complex emergent behaviours', the answer might be 'perhaps, although it would take a very long time for anything to happen'. However, if 'living' means 'self organised, maintains its integrity and can reproduce', then the answer is more likely to be 'probably not'


>'living' means 'self organised, maintains its integrity and can reproduce'

I like the definition of life being something that can reproduce. But self organized, I'm not sure. All life depends on non-biological environmental factors for its organization and reproduction.


Agree, looked into is before, reproduction is often the most common conflict in attempting to find "life" in the wild.




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