That's Life, State of matter that is

In a possible homage to Frank Sinatra
I found this State of matter Life observation at Research Grade and it has been picked up by GBIF. Now I just have to look for 42 to see how they came to this conclusion. Placed in the Kingdom of incertae sedis
[edit - I’ll save you the click, it has since been corrected] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19676121

https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2251826771

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In the meantime I clicked on Yes for Based on the evidence, can the Community Taxon still be confirmed or improved? so at least it’s not RG now.

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How in the world did this observation become RG?

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And it does not revert if one clicks no - don’t ask…
A fleeting glance of Life…now forever gone…we may never know…

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Apologies. I failed to consider the metaphysical implications. I’ll try to do better henceforth.

Anyway, now that an additional ID has been entered I’ve unclicked it and it remains at Needs ID.

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I’m laughing here as it reminds me about what someone recently said to me about quantum mechanics - observation can affect what is being observed
I’ll always have a picture…

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So the whole Research Grade mystery was a spin entanglement related epiphenomenon of some sort? Very cool. I wonder if software processes can be written up in NeuroQuantology. :grin:

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yes, it explains why the jug takes longer to boil if you watch it…

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