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Life, a definition?
- From birth to death, an organism grows. Plants, fungi, humans... except for viruses, but are they living organisms?
How would you define life?
Here is a definition. Life is about:
Growing
Moving
- Movement is the first thing that would tell you if one is alive or not... although plants themselves do not move, there is movement inside.
Eating
- Exchanging matter with the outer world is a sign of life: it starts with breathing, then ingesting matter (and its excretion), metabolising, and even talking and hearing (feeding those grey cells!)
Breeding
Life has this unavoidable property to multiply itself. Anything will do the trick. It seems we are just here to pass life around.
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