Channel: The Science Asylum

Category: Education

Description: Biology says life has these seven properties: organization, growth, reproduction, metabolism, homeostasis, response, and adaptation. But is that always true? Are Conway's Game of Life creatures alive? What do physics and entropy have to say about this? Let's find out. Nick Lucid - Creator/Host/Writer/Editor/Animator ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Are Neurons Just Electric Circuits? youtu.be/YQsSrW5oX80 ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS Amoeba Sisters on Life: youtu.be/cQPVXrV0GNA Stated Clearly on Life: youtu.be/pbZ2MFAbGrk PBS Digital Studios on Life: youtu.be/_uAJY1mqtw4 youtu.be/GcfLZSL7YGw Kurzgesagt on Life: youtu.be/QOCaacO8wus youtu.be/16W7c0mb-rE ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: patreon.com/ScienceAsylum Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/advanced-theoretical-physics-a-historical-perspective/paperback/product-24250687.html Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceasylum ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE PATRONS Asylum Counselors: Matthew O'Connor, Nikolaos Vasiloglou II Asylum Orderlies: Fabio Manzini, William Morton, Rajyavardhan Reddy Einsteinium Crazies: Eoin O'Sullivan, Ilya Yashin, Ken Davis, LT Marshall, Wacky Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Kevin MacLean, Madhu Subbu Platinum Crazies: André Weyermann, CrouchingTigerHiddenAdam, Eugene Boone, Jon Adams, Jonathan Reel, Kyle Bowles, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, Rick Dinning, Stephen Blinn, Vittorio Monaco ________________________________ OTHER SOURCES forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2019/03/27/what-is-life khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-biology-foundations/hs-biology-and-the-scientific-method/a/what-is-life astrobiology.nasa.gov/research/life-detection/about nap.edu/catalog/11919/the-limits-of-organic-life-in-planetary-systems tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/073911011010524992 youtu.be/10cVVHKCRWw youtu.be/6Hfelo_qAw0 ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS Poll Result Comments: youtube.com/channel/UCXgNowiGxwwnLeQ7DXTwXPg/community?lb=UgxLdU0kXKPtM1e-Wax4AaABCQ&lc=Ugw0cdHibE8mKs_ayN54AaABAg twitter.com/Alleykatt/status/1307145851765231617 twitter.com/GaryPartyCrash/status/1306995186401259521 End Screen Comments: youtube.com/watch?v=HU6t8QvGZmA&lc=UgzV_u0MVHey2R79NcF4AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=HU6t8QvGZmA&lc=Ugz2UXRLeLI87hzjIKJ4AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=HU6t8QvGZmA&lc=UgxRXXd9ALcV-HxSR0V4AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=HU6t8QvGZmA&lc=UgzijAPW0MdTpYNqhfB4AaABAg PBS Space Time on Confined Mass: youtu.be/gSKzgpt4HBU ________________________________ IMAGE CREDITS Virus CDC Illustration: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SARS-CoV-2_without_background.png Ernst Haeckel's Tree of Life: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tree_of_life_by_Haeckel.jpg Big Bang Simulation: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12656 Dolphin Skeleton: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White-sided_dolphin.jpg Animal Clipart: openclipart.org/detail/299642/ape openclipart.org/detail/301079/deal-with-itdolphin openclipart.org/detail/94633/turtlethinking