Five theses (and five conjectures) about the complexity of the origin and nature of life
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This paper brings forth five thesis concerning the complexity of the origin and nature of life. The first thesis claims that the explanations about life based on physical-chemical or bio-physical analyses are simply wrong. Life is causa sui, which can safely be understood thanks to the concepts of autopoiesis or self-organization, even though they are different. The second thesis argues that it is futile to seek for a unique origin of life, for the logic of the universe consist in bringing out bunches or sets. The third thesis says that the origin of life does not exist any longer, given the dynamics of the universe, the galaxy and the solar system. The fourth thesis assesses that the origin of life is one and the same thing as the origin of the biosphere as a living organism. Thus, there is not life on Erath; rather, the Earth is alive. Finally, the fifth thesis claims that life is definitely not a component of any kind, but a behavior. Thinking about the origin and nature of life can be synthesized with a common trait to the five thesis, namely we must think about processes. Such is the most salient feature characteristic of the sciences of complexity.
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