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A 'Third State' Exists Between Life and Death—And That Suggests Your Cells Are Conscious, Some Scientists Say (www.popularmechanics.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

What a load of shit. The TL;DR: near as I can tell is that because Individual cells can survive outside of the body they're arguing that's a 3rd state that's neither alive or dead.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

That is some bullshit. A cell is either dead, or alive. Didn't these people learn that living cells make up living tissue? Tissue makes up organs? Organs make up systems? (like the respiratory, the digestive) and so on and on?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Let's test this theory out