Life as big as a galaxy? + Gravity + Watching + Consciousness + Quantum replicants

[C C]

Can a Living Creature Be as Big as a Galaxy?
http://m.nautil.us/issue/51/limits/can-a...-galaxy-rp

Why life is constrained to be about the sizes we see on Earth.

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Sounding the Drums to Listen for Gravity’s Effect on Quantum Phenomena
http://fqxi.org/community/articles/display/222

A bench-top experiment could test the notion that gravity breaks delicate quantum superpositions.

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Watching the Observers
http://fqxi.org/community/articles/display/221

Accounting for quantum fuzziness could help us measure space and time—and the cosmos—more accurately.

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Bohemian Reality: Searching for a Quantum Connection to Consciousness
http://fqxi.org/community/articles/display/220

Is there are sweet spot where artificial intelligence systems could have the maximum amount of consciousness while retaining powerful quantum properties?

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Quantum Replicants: Should future androids dream of quantum sheep?
http://fqxi.org/community/articles/display/219

To build the ultimate artificial mimics of real life systems, we may need to use quantum memory.

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[Zinjanthropos]

I'd say no to a life form the size of a Galaxy. Life I'm not so sure about. If every solar system in every galaxy housed at least a set of microbes then what could be said of life in general? Some sort of cosmic field or solution containing the universe, a place where it (life) can touch down? I just type it, I don't necessarily believe it.