👓 What can Schrödinger’s cat say about 3D printers on Mars? | Aeon | Aeon Essays

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A cat is alive, a sofa is not: that much we know. But a sofa is also part of life. Information theory tells us why

A nice little essay in my area, but I’m not sure there’s anything new in it for me. It is nice that they’re trying to break some of the problem down into smaller components before building it back up into something else. Reframing things can always be helpful. Here, in particular, they’re reframing the definitions of life and alive.