Scientists have identified a common set of genes that enable different drought-resistant plants to survive in semi-arid conditions, which could play a significant role in bioengineering and creating energy crops that are tolerant to water deficits. [1] We want to get rid of death. We want to control the cosmos. And yet the cosmos used to be eternal. But not as we think it was. It was not eternal because there was no death. But because death was an integral part of it. The moment we create a cosmos without death, that will be the moment everything would have died. Because death is what makes everything eternal – non-existence is what makes existence important. Imagine a world where nothing dies. This world would be void of meaning. Now look closer at the cosmos where everything does die. See that butterfly which tries to find a mate in that one day it has available. Watch it after it stopped flying. Dead in the forest. And yet, that butterfly is still there. Making the world beautiful. Even for that one moment… It is still there… Flying…
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