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		nitrogen on Feb 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I don't know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibi... It's an interesting philosophical question. I would prefer to define existence as beginning when the computation of those particular molecules first occurs.

TeMPOraL on Feb 20, 2014 [–]

> I would prefer to define existence as beginning when the computation of those particular molecules first occurs.

The structure of this argument somehow reminds me of abortion-related topics...

Anyway, there's a nice article touching this issue: http://lesswrong.com/lw/uk/beyond_the_reach_of_god/.

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