>> "Some external circumstances could change reducing them to a pile of oxides"
(or some other transformations I guess in case of fire.)
That was precisely not what I was talking about (or put another way if you still require abundant explicitness): not the kind of immortality I was describing. Maybe I was not clear enough.
> For example, a star could hypothetically fall into another much larger than it and prolong its life
Well, once again:
>> Of course they can still be impacted by external effects, but sustaining their own internal processes does not require such inputs
>> "Some external circumstances could change reducing them to a pile of oxides"
(or some other transformations I guess in case of fire.)
That was precisely not what I was talking about (or put another way if you still require abundant explicitness): not the kind of immortality I was describing. Maybe I was not clear enough.
> For example, a star could hypothetically fall into another much larger than it and prolong its life
Well, once again:
>> Of course they can still be impacted by external effects, but sustaining their own internal processes does not require such inputs