If you think of a tumour as a colony of human cells rather than a multicellular organism, then yes, it is life.
If you count artificial division of the tumour (cutting it in half) as replication, then its life in that way as well. It's as if 'HeLa' has a symbiotic relationship with science.
I was always taught that because pi is infinite (i.e. never ends), it must repeat itself somewhere in itself... (Admittedly it can be argued against)
Sounds a little crazy and can be hard to get your head around, but I think its quite an interesting idea.
I'm not sure how credible this theory is - it's one of those things that is true or really not I guess.
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Ah. Got a great point.
Consider me corrected.
If you think of a tumour as a colony of human cells rather than a multicellular organism, then yes, it is life.
If you count artificial division of the tumour (cutting it in half) as replication, then its life in that way as well. It's as if 'HeLa' has a symbiotic relationship with science.
I dont know about anyone else, but I'd love the idea of a part of me 'living on' far into the future for the sake of science.
:)
The only thing I'd be worried about is people laughing at the state of my DNA in 10 years time...
Yes indeed, if it has every message then we all can sue Pi for deformation...
I was always taught that because pi is infinite (i.e. never ends), it must repeat itself somewhere in itself... (Admittedly it can be argued against)
Sounds a little crazy and can be hard to get your head around, but I think its quite an interesting idea.
I'm not sure how credible this theory is - it's one of those things that is true or really not I guess.