Natural objects {replicator} can copy themselves {replication, nature}, using available resources.
similarity
Replicators and replicates are alike. If replicate survives, it is like replicator survives.
mechanism
Replication requires reproduction mechanisms to assemble parts. Replication requires template patterns to copy.
comparison
Organisms use resources for replication, eating, and escaping, so they must balance these activities. Survival to reproductive age requires eating and escaping.
properties
Replicators are purposive, because they replicate. They are selfish, because they use resources to replicate. They are problem solving, because they gather and use resources to replicate. They are decision making, because they decide when and whether to replicate.
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