What is Life?

It is not up to science to provide definitions of word that arose in ordinary popular usage. That's for lexicographers to do, not for scientists to do.One of the best definitions of "mathematics" is "that which mathematicians do". It has all of the problems that you complain about in defining life. It is, in reality, a recognition that mathematics is a broad subject, far too broad to allow precise definition. Nice. Perhaps you would be so kind as to provide it. I guess you are referring to the article (actually, an essay) that you cited and quoted from in Message 43.I'm sorry to be delivering the bad news, but that is not a definition of life. The author even says (in the cited article): "At that point, we all became convinced that although everyone knows what life is there is no simple definition of life."Edited by nwr, : typo

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Jesus was a liberal hippie

Suppose I go on a random walk, making a random choice at each step. You happen to be watching, though you are unaware that I am making random choices. If you describe my walk, you will very likely describe it as directional.

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Jesus was a liberal hippie

I see mostly assertions, with a lack of supporting argument. It seems to depend on dubious assumptions.If you think you can support those claims, then start a new thread.

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Jesus was a liberal hippie

It isn't a paper; it's a web page.I'm having trouble finding information in that web page. There's a lot of fluff, but little meat.As New Cat's Eye indicated, we can't debate links.

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Jesus was a liberal hippie

If you think so, then start a thread on it.All I see are a bunch of alleged facts, with no indication of what they even mean (as in what is being counted).If there is somebody here actually presenting the argument, then there is a possibility that we can ask for clarification whenever we find missing details - and there is a lot of missing detail in that web page.

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Jesus was a liberal hippie