[clairity]

sure, chemistry has a somewhat limited palette to work with, but life happens in the gap between potential and kinetic, between hot and cold, between proton and electron. that's a tiny space but a huge gap.

dna is mostly a 4-note tune, and computers, the potential precursor to artificial life, 2. i'm sure something as vast as the universe can come up with a little more variation than skin type in those tiny little gaps.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

I don't believe that we'd recognize computer-ish artificial life as life in the sense that we're discussing here.

ps. I have my Artificial Life III conference t-shirt from 1994 :)