Obscure Internet Images

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A place to post obscure images. Post images that people would likely never see without looking at this community.

Obscurity is a spectrum. Just don't post anything super mainstream. Your obscure images don't need to be interesting.

Link to your source if you have one.

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Maybe our definition of life is too narrow (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by skyler to c/internetobscurity

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[–] dual_sport_dork 5 points 1 year ago

The classic thought experiment in this vein being: Is fire alive?

Fire meets many of the criteria commonly cited for qualifying as life. It requires oxygen, just like us. It "eats," consuming fuel. In so doing it also "reproduces," creating more fire. In a narrow sense, fire can also "evolve" into slightly different forms in response to its environment, buy consuming different fuels.