The following answers to this fundamental question each win a random book.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/101/What_Is_Life
What Is Life?
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The bumpy, needless disturbance between two perfectly good void states.
Re: What Is Life?
...a precondition required to acknowledge what is totally useless...or more concretely, a dung beetle programmed to know if something is dung or not.
...a variable that will accept ANY meaning even the ones that mean nothing.
...ALL for some which equals almost NONE for all.
...the corrupted sperm of the Universe.
...a cheap bottle of wine with an expensive label.
...the tumors of a malicious will.
...etc...
...a variable that will accept ANY meaning even the ones that mean nothing.
...ALL for some which equals almost NONE for all.
...the corrupted sperm of the Universe.
...a cheap bottle of wine with an expensive label.
...the tumors of a malicious will.
...etc...
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Life? I am not sure...
but Mikey likes it
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but Mikey likes it
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I think you means the "answerers", or responders. An answer cannot win anything.Philosophy Now wrote:The following answers to this fundamental question each win a random book.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/101/What_Is_Life
Life is.... understanding grammar.
Re: What Is Life?
What is life? Strictly speaking it's biology. However, planets, stars, oceans and rocks all have their own kinds of "lives" - origins, changes over time and eventual disintegration.
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The best way to explain what life in an all encompassing manner is to eschew terms/concepts such as "biology" or "aliveness" with concepts more objective. After all, one cannot assume genetic propagation is a universal (in the literal sense) trait, since we are (at best) terrestrial beings.
Hence, I believe "life" is best described as a 'temporary, ephemeral reversal from the permanent state of nonexistence.'
Hence, I believe "life" is best described as a 'temporary, ephemeral reversal from the permanent state of nonexistence.'
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Life is any self contained iterable and
purposeful entropic catalyst
Life is an entropic back-eddy
purposeful entropic catalyst
Life is an entropic back-eddy
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