Is the term life simply an arrogent proclimation that our vastly complex chemical make-up makes us something more than rocks, or is there a true boundary between the living and the nonliving?
2006-10-20 19:41:49 · 10 answers · asked by Mr. Politics 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes...there are definate boundries.
Life is described mainly by the ability to reproduce or self replicate. Rocks and other abiotic(nonliving) things cannot do this. Plants, microorganisms, animals, and fungi can reproduce, respire, consume nutrients, and eliminate wastes....all these are indications of life.
2006-10-20 19:46:31 · answer #1 · answered by Shaun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does life exist?
You are living. Then why do you ask does life exist.
Is the term life simply an arrogent proclimation that our vastly complex chemical make-up makes us something more than rocks, or is there a true boundary between the living and the nonliving?
Ans: I dont know what you mean in this. May be it takes time for me to undestand as I am doing my 7th std.
2006-10-21 05:12:00 · answer #2 · answered by Meera 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a complicated question and it has several answears.
Yes, because I was born, lived my entire life with myself, have a son now, a family and I eat, drink, take a s.... well you know, and other stuff what things that are " alive " do.
No, because I don't know if this is real, or my mind is just creating this reality just to compensate for something. I don't even know what real is.
Maybe, because other organisms do the same that we do, but they are so small or so different that makes you wonder, are they alive? Is a fetus alive? and if it is, Is it ok to have abortions?
I don't know, because scientists say that the universe is " alive ", and I know that we are all made of the same stuff.
Who knows?, because nonliving thing are in me, iron is a metal, oxygen, salt is a mineral and so much more.
Scientists say that if a sun (star) goes super nova, it will explode and it will create a cloud of gases, and that cloud has the basic elements to start life.
Now I ask myself:
Are we living things becoming nonliving things? or
Are nonliving thing going to become alive when they are together?
We are all together here, we are part of everything and everything is part of us. One last thing, just remember that the water that we all drink right now is the same water that dinosaurs were drinking. We are all connected somehow. everything has the potential to become everything.
If you kill a cow (living thing), make it hamburguer (nonliving), eat it and it will become in your body energy for a living thing.
Now I have a question for you....
Is there life after death? lol...... Bye.
2006-10-21 03:17:53 · answer #3 · answered by EDUARDO H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that there is a clear boundry between life and unlife state. A living creature can do something if it has to do it or if it wants to do it, but a non-living matter will do what it is more likely that will happen (ie, the probability that a rock will hit the ground if released from a height is 100% or very very close to it). Probability that a cat will hit the ground if released from balcony is 100%, but the cat will try to avoid that unpleasant event in order to save its life. So, yes there is quite a bit of a boundry.
2006-10-21 02:49:33 · answer #4 · answered by shkabaj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything has got a life. Even rocks, mountains, earth and the sun has got a life. We all know that many stars which were much bigger in size than the sun got burnt and became extinct, that is they died. Even the medicines which we take have an expiry date, what is it? it is the life of the medicine. So everything has got a life. In plants and animals we can see it.
2006-10-21 02:50:56 · answer #5 · answered by RAJU 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you the Dream or the Dreamer? Life is nothing more than an illusion. We had a Veil pulled over our eyes by the Creator of this plane. When we die the Veil is gone.
2006-10-21 02:46:27 · answer #6 · answered by Tedi 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If there were no difference between the living and the inanimate, you might as well be a rock.
2006-10-21 02:51:47 · answer #7 · answered by Critical 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophically, no. We might actually be all the figment of a collective imagination.
Physically, the definition of something that is alive, is something that feeds, breathes and reproduces itself. The only known exception is fire.
2006-10-21 02:50:28 · answer #8 · answered by drjp81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aside from biological functions as reproduction we have self awareness and the ability to think You think, hence, you exist.
2006-10-21 02:54:14 · answer #9 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rene Descartes said it very concisely: "I think; therefore, I am."
2006-10-21 02:51:01 · answer #10 · answered by RG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋