Let's face it, deep down at the nano level we are all made up of the same hundred atoms that comprise all living and non living things on Earth. At the nano level, there is no way to tell if the substance being tested is a living or a non living thing. That's so because everything on Earth is made out of the hundred or so atoms found in the Mendeleev table.
Now, if we look at it in another way, a carefully chosen pack of atoms(me for example) takes a look at some of its atoms(my hand for instance) and I start to think what I can do with my hand(i.e. at the very nano level, we have atoms using other atoms to perform tasks). I am perplexed at the idea that my eyes, made only of atoms are looking at other atoms(my hand) and some of my other atoms(my brain) are aware that there are atoms in the form of a hand. I am aware we are not just a pile of atoms, but a carefully selected and sequenced pile of atoms, but at the nano level, that is what's happening. There is no life at all at this level, and at the smallest scale of things, everytime you have a look at yourself - some of your atoms(the building blocks of all matter) are looking at other atoms and they know of their existence(aka consciouness). Isn't that a paradox and a conundrum that some atoms combined in such a way that different substances could be created that would be the building stones of living organisms and those atoms would be self-aware that they exist and that they are just atoms?
PP. English is my second language, please bear with me if I have not been able to convey very explicitly my thoughts.
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