Size of Life • Hacker News Board

seemaze wrote: post #43

cainxinth wrote: post #37

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Viruses are to life as LLMs are to reasoning: they often behave like their category expects but not for the same reasons as the genuine article.

..er, a parasitic threat to life and happiness that become an endemic drag on global well being?

Every other living organism looking at human beings: yeah.

Re: Size of Life

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Post by bicepjai » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 6:35 AM UTC

Great webapp. There is a similar app that I love to scroll through from time to time. Its free and needs no internet connection. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/universe-in-a-nutshell/id15263... The range of size in the universe, from the tiniest particles to the epic galaxies - we take you on a journey of size that lets you explore it all with a single swipe.

Re: Size of Life

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Post by LtWorf » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 6:58 AM UTC

margalabargala wrote: post #196

dartharva wrote: post #187

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Hey, if they originated naturally and interact with the environment and reproduce, they are living beings. Mere human taxonomists can't just "classify" away the fact.

Are crystalline structures alive?

The one that destroyed Data's planet was, I'd say.