Have scientists discoved the secret of life?

January 10, 2011 12:22pm CST
I've heard by someone that scientists have discoved the secret of life that is the "chemical thing" that makes everything alive but they kept it as a secret... Is it real to know what life is?
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• India
24 Jan 11
I don't think they have discoverd it fully, it is not that easy, they are trying, research is going on Welcome to mylot. Thank you so much for this discussion. Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
• United States
11 Jan 11
No. As much as I love science, the whole playing God thing that many scientists try to do simply isn't going to work. There are some things that are too widespread to understand completely in hundreds of lifetimes. The one thing that isn't explainable is life. On Earth, life has no solid definition, although we know some of the things life needs in order to exist. Water, in one way or another. A type of respiratory system...mammals such as humans, dogs, cows, etc. need oxygen, while plants such as trees and grass need carbon dioxide. Science believes it can understand this, but it is missing a key factor. On EARTH, life is one thing. Planets and planets away, galaxies away, let's say there is a type of intelligent being that can survive on breathing nitrogen and without sustaining itself by eating. Is it life? Yes. By Earth's definition? Certainly not. Scientists on earth have no right and not near enough intelligence to "decide" what the secret of life is, nor will we ever have the technology to travel to the edges of the universe to research into every detail of it. The universe as we know it is made up of multi-dimensions and is something that is impossible to fully conquer in millions of lifetimes. What makes life and the universe so special is its element of mystery, so I think it would also be pretty wrong to TRY to discover the secrets of life.
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
10 Jan 11
Chemical thing? I really have no idea what you are talking about??
@reploid (1371)
• France
10 Jan 11
No, life is more than chemical and physical, the scientist I think can't recreate a human mind. It is full of things that scientist still see as mysteries.
@bird123 (10632)
• United States
11 Jan 11
We are all spiritual beings in our true natures. Scientists are working on the physical world because it's easier to understand. There will come a time in the distant future when they will voyage beyond.
@momof3kids (1894)
• Singapore
11 Jan 11
I saw this documentary called the 'science of the soul'. I suspect that life here is referred to consciousness. In it they were investigating where do we go and what happened when we are unconscious. They say that when we are under anestatics (sorry cant bother with right spelling) we are still aware of our surroundings yet we are in unconscious state. In the end they end it with this scientist with his group trying to create a brain that would come alive.
@petersum (4522)
• United States
10 Jan 11
Not exactly! DNA and various chemicals make up the living creatures and plants and it is no longer a secret. But, that doesn't explain life! We are a long way from understanding what life really is!