On the divide between animate and inanimate
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On the divide between animate and inanimate
Vitalism was abandoned already for a long time ago, yet the impression that animate beings differ in some fundamental way from inanimate objects continues to thrive. Here, we argue that scale free patterns, found throughout nature, present convincing evidence that this demarcation is only imaginary. Therefore, all systems ought to be regarded alike, i.e., all are consuming free energy in least ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Systems Chemistry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1759-2208
DOI: 10.1186/s13322-015-0008-8