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The most recent Scenes From a Multiverse:

The cartoon uses the maxim of ambiogenesis; some versions:

Under the proper conditions life can arise spontaneously from non-living molecules.

Whenever a planet exists under the proper conditions, life will evolve.

Where the proper conditions exist, life will evolve.

But stretches it to absurdity. (Note that no horses are depicted.)

Then there’s sea horse, a standard example of a non-subsective compound (of the resembloid type): a sea horse isn’t a horse, though it resembles a horse.

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