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3/22 What is your opinion on the definition of life? Is life a combination of your mind, body, and soul? Does it have to have carbon, water, and ability to think and act? What if an alien life form visits us but instead of carbon based, it is silicon based, is it a life-form? How about human beings with fully functional body but without the mind/soul behind it, is that considered 1) alive and 2) a life-form? I'm interested to hear from scientists and religious people. ok thx. \_ scientist's view: life requires metabolism, hence includes fungi, bacteria, etc. but probably not viruses nor prions. \_ aren't prions just a different functional form of a protein that naturally exists? \_ Yes, if you mean mad cow disease prions. \_ reductionist philosopher's view: souls are a crutch of the imagination to prop up self-image. \_ The opposite of what sodans do. |
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