@ #9 and #10
<wipes tears from my eyes>
You two make me proud. If I were a father to you two, I would call this a good day.
Edit: keep in mind, that ET's usually implied in our conversations that making a pure synthetic composition is harder than it sounds. Therefore, even when something is sythetic they said they cut proverbial (development) corners by using pre-existing life designs. But that you two have a discussion that touches on the distinctions between artificial/sythetic life and pre-existing life...is I believe a first.
I hope you keep at it.
(2010)
This is the closest attempts I have ever seen on the [public] human side of the equation. It reminded me of what various ET's explained.
Watch the above video, slowly and carefully to decode what they did. And you'll see why even the ET's sometimes use pre-existing life designs to cut corners.
The metaphysical parts that make cells tick is a bigger issue. The main reason why ET's sometimes take pre-existing [natural life] to cut corners.