2006-12-09 01:51:02 · 23 answers · asked by missy kay 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Death and Taxes
2006-12-09 01:52:50 · answer #1 · answered by man with the golden gun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In school bio they give you the various criteria of motion, reproduction, consumption, growth and stimulus response. There may be times when things we can accept as living do not fulfill all criteria - for instance a mule is infertile (because of different chromosome numbers in the parent species) and cannot reproduce - would anyone say it wasnt alive? Of course not.
Silicon nanomachines (I know it sounds far out but bare with me) may fulfil all of those critieria within a few decades even though they were made by human scientists and engineers - would they be alive? Some people would argue that they wouldnt have a soul to which I'd reply 'prove that you do'
Life at the end of the day is a label we give to replicating organic creatures on our planet. If you just want to know what the word means then there are some good answers from other people on here already. regards
2006-12-09 15:28:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The definition of life, the universe and everything is 42 :-)
2006-12-09 16:47:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answers do not get any better waiting for just 3 minutes before asking it again, trust me !
Or have you been to see Dejavu at the cinema today ?
Your Life = FILE = Your are first opened (born), then placed in a folder, possible copied, maybe duplicated, then eventually sent to the recycle bin, then eventually deleted (died).
2006-12-09 10:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Life itself is a set of processes that are carried out by an organism causing it to survive.
2006-12-09 09:59:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
An arrangement of interactive cells, working in concert, so as to form a whole, with the main objective of survival and propagation.
2006-12-09 12:17:07 · answer #6 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are more than one but because you asked, what is THE definition, mine is, self awareness, knowing that you exist and that others around you exist as well.
2006-12-09 10:04:19 · answer #7 · answered by clark_hans 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is the characteristic state of organisms and individual cells
2006-12-09 09:53:24 · answer #8 · answered by Splishy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An extremely short period of time - usually no more than 80 years barring accidents - that most people fritter away without thinking about it.
2006-12-09 10:19:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Period of time starts from the birth till the death of a living entity (organic system which has spontaneous internal ability to build its needs and to handle its own feedbacks).
2006-12-09 09:58:31 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Life is a series of test to determine wheteher you are really good or evil on the inside, the results from this test will determine where your soul spends its eternity.
2006-12-09 09:56:18 · answer #11 · answered by Tiger Woodz 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋