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<b>Machines</b>
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<li><p>Are there any philosophical implications in regarding living organisms as machines and treating them as such?</p></li>
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<li><p>What defines a machine? Vs. What defines a life?</p> </li>
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<li><p>With that in mind, is it correct to refer to the organisms and biological systems that we create as machines? Is a machine built from scratch by man, or can a manipulated organism become a machine?
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Could an organism that we manipulated to serve one specific purpose, for example to produce insulin, be regarded as a machine? If yes, is there a difference from this manipulated organism to a cow producing milk?</p></li>
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<li><p>Is it at all relevant to discuss the difference between a biological machine and an organism? </p></li>
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