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Quotes from The Demon in the Machine — Paul Davies

born 1946 England

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I'm using this term demonic cut by analogy with the Cartesian cut...

The Demon in the Machine (2019)

The thing that separates life from non-life is information.

The Demon in the Machine (2019)

If ever you want an example of going from physics to biology, it's the origin of the genetic code.

The Demon in the Machine (2019)

It's now commonplace to have an informational term entering into the fundamental laws of physics as a source of free energy.

The Demon in the Machine (2019)

So in effect, information serves as a fuel, and this leads to the whole concept of information engines. Engines that will run on information power...

The Demon in the Machine (2019)

We lack any sort of device that can... detect life. We don't have a life meter. ...We don't have a general purpose life meter that can detect life as we don't know it.

The Demon in the Machine (2019)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Paul Davies (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.