Comment by dr_dshiv

I’m not sure what you are arguing against. For me, the article offered a lovely reminder that life is special. Life involves mechanisms but it is more than a machine. And with an attitude that our lives our symbiotically bound to another living organism (or 10^17 of them) we gain a valuable humility — one that might afford us new perspectives on how to make them all happy and flourish. That’s the promise— not just a spiritual connection to the aliveness of mitochondria, but a pragmatic orientation towards their health and wellbeing. And there is a lot of scientific opportunity to explore there.