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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [QB] Quite. The "matter stream" referred to in the shows and the TNG TM is definitely animate matter. Rick also mentions that not even the processing power of the [i]Enterprise[/i]-D's computers can map all the positions and all the motions of all the quanta of a transportee, so as a person is dematerialized, the stream is like one long thread, with each particle "remembering" the ones that were adjacent to it. For those who have seen TRON, the digitizing beam in the laser bay is a good visual aid. I know we are still too limited to be able to define life, in the context of how organic molecules can go from being quasi-animate agglomerations of proteins that can make crude copies of themselves... to being an actual life-form, sentient or not, micro- or macroscopic. I know the electron cloud is responsible for a lot of the properties of matter -- such as the transparancy of the solid made from silicon and oxygen, or the glitter of gold. But how much that may affect "life", I don't know. It's a subject I periodically delve into, doing as much heavy thinking as I can before my nose starts to bleed. If our consciousness is a constantly fading and renewing picture painted by electrical charges across synapses, that's one thing. But I'm curious at the moment to learn what prompts crude proteins to start copying themselves with available free amino acids... --Jonah [/QB][/QUOTE]
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