To: js1138
mostly dead
LOLOLOL! That reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from Princess Bride. A spore is not dead, it is vegetative or dormant form which still has information and can communicate, e.g. once it has a food source.
Thanks for your post!
To: js1138
Oops, I pressed post too soon. It should have said:
A spore is not dead, it is in a vegetative or dormant form which still has information and can communicate with its environment when it permits, e.g. once it has a food source.
To: Alamo-Girl
But the question from this child in the back row is, is active communication going on in this dormant state? Or, as Martha Stewart might say is "life" a somewhat different concept from "living"? Or to be less frivolous, is there a state of matter that does not metabolize, but which will when conditions are right?
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07/07/2004 9:07:04 PM PDT by
js1138
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