What makes life vital; each part is not alive (Introduction)

by dhw, Thursday, April 30, 2020, 15:44 (1458 days ago) @ David Turell

"What makes life vital; each part is not alive"

QUOTE: "Starting with basic facts about cell biology, Tompa and Rose explain that the parts of cells do not explain the origin of cells. To understand the origin of cells, one must focus on the functional interrelations of those parts, which relations occupy the very tiny space of “alive” in the incomprehensibly larger space of “not alive.”

I’m sorry, but the bold is all we need to know. The rest of the article, including the fact that the parts are interrelated, tells us absolutely nothing about what makes life “vital” or about the origin of cells.