[MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)

[Case]

[Platt]
I assume you mean that living things are excluded from the "inorganic"
level.
Anyway, thanks for the clarification. When I think of carbon chemistry, I
think of coal. I guess that's why I'm confused. 

[Case]
Sorry, I hit the wrong button a second ago. Anyway I think this issue of
carbon and organic chemistry points to one of the difficult with
establishing fixed levels and claiming they are independent from each other.
Proteins and amino acids are critical to live but are not considered on the
"inorganic" level. Things get fuzzy at the edges and when you approach the
line between inorganic and organic clear lines blur. 

I think resolution is a better concept than levels.