How do you define “lifeform” so as to make us not examples? (Is the point e.g. that “we” are our _minds_ which could in principle exist without our _bodies_? Or do you consider that _Homo sapiens_ bodies don’t constitute a lifeform?)
I mentioned multiple times on this site over the years that any definition of life that is more algorithmic and not based on the biological substrate we happened to be built on is necessarily wide enough to include some of what we consider non-living objects, like, say, stars. Also discussed in my blog post.
I’m intrigued by your topic for another day.
How do you define “lifeform” so as to make us not examples? (Is the point e.g. that “we” are our _minds_ which could in principle exist without our _bodies_? Or do you consider that _Homo sapiens_ bodies don’t constitute a lifeform?)
I mentioned multiple times on this site over the years that any definition of life that is more algorithmic and not based on the biological substrate we happened to be built on is necessarily wide enough to include some of what we consider non-living objects, like, say, stars. Also discussed in my blog post.