Re: BIO: Defining "Life"

From: James Rogers (jamesr@best.com)
Date: Fri Jan 10 1997 - 00:54:57 MST


At 08:21 PM 1/9/97 -0600, you wrote:
>> It has always seemed obvious to me that our narrow definition of life is
>> hardly the criteria for such a vast place as the universe.
>
>Life is traditionally defined as things that can move, reproduce, and so
>on, but even this simple definition excludes mules, who are sterile.
>
>I define Life as:
>1) Anything designed primarily by evolution.
>2) Anything sentient.

AND, or OR?

> sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
> http://tezcat.com/~eliezer/singularity.html
> http://tezcat.com/~eliezer/algernon.html
>Disclaimer: Unless otherwise specified, I'm not telling you
>everything I think I know.
>
>

-James Rogers
 jamesr@best.com



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