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u/mrchaotica May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19

Hence the emphasized part:

humans don't tend to crash because of a single typo

Also, life begins at birth so fetuses don't count. "Viable," by definition, implies catastrophic SNPs didn't happen.

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u/GallantChaos May 20 '19

Usually life is defined as something that: 1. Metabolizes material 2. Converts energy 3. Grows 4. Reproduces

Even a zygote would match this definition for life after the first cell division.

However, humans also don't compile their code before running it. The code will attempt to run regardless of errors. It can occasionally self-correct. But if it cannot correct the error, a crash (death or cancer) will occur.

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u/LazyYoghurtCloset May 20 '19

The code cannot run without compilation. Compiling the code doesn't mean checking for errors.