Life

[Dameedna]

Something that is living, is seen to be something that can reproduce within itself, rather than by an external force(IE crystals grow upon themselves, but not through a self-reproducing mechanism, but by the water dripping from the ceiling).

In all honesty though? I have absolutely no idea. Life just is…the more I question “IT” the more I say…I’m not quite an athiest anymore

Life is just too bizarre

 

[crowonsnow]

Can you please explain to me how a comatose person acquires, stores, and processes information? Can you explain to me how a person, upon waking up from a coma, is completely unaware of what happened during that comatose period if that person is still, as you say, acquiring, storing, and processing information?

Anywhere a living strand of DNA exists I would say that information is being stored and processed. You and I for example carry out trillions of communications and computations daily at this molecular level and are completely unaware. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t be “alive.” A comatose person is no different in this regard. Our “unconscious” is far more active and necessary in our lives than is our “conscious.”

A comatose person proves that humans can live without a conscious but not without an unconscious. And they’re really the same thing, only differing in degree.

 

[Psychotheosophy]

I would define a soul
As the collection of an individual body
And life as “Collection” in general
Or in principle
So that we would have
A Collection of individual collections of individuals

Maybe I can clarify…

Union
is the principle
Of unions

And in this one Union
There is no division
Between what it is
And what it does
So Union unites
And so
we put our faith
In this Principle
And choose to
Cooperate with
Union

 

[Padilla7921]

Anywhere a living strand of DNA exists I would say that information is being stored and processed.

DNA is not “alive.” It is a nucleic acid; acid is neither alive nor dead; rather, it simply exists. This nucleic acid always stores information, from human conception to human death.

You and I for example carry out trillions of communications and computations daily at this molecular level and are completely unaware. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t be “alive.” A comatose person is no different in this regard. Our “unconscious” is far more active and necessary in our lives than is our “conscious.”

A comatose person proves that humans can live without a conscious but not without an unconscious. And they’re really the same thing, only differing in degree.

What you’ve said has nothing to do with your original statements:

So maybe life is the chemical ability to store and use information.

and

I’d say that even a person in a coma is still acquiring, storing and processing information.

What I’m asking you to do is show me how acquisition, storage, and use of information constitutes life. DNA is always storing information, whether that person is alive or dead, so you cannot logically use DNA as an example to prove your point.

A comatose person cannot acquire, store, and use information. Additionally, the execution of commands, whether subconsciously or consciously, is not the same as the acquisition, storage, and utilization of information. Subconscious commands are involuntary; they are provoked by a stimulus.

Given these things, I would like to hear your reasons of support for your aforementioned quotes.

 

[Psychotheosophy]

Maybe I can clarify…

Union
is the principle
Of unions

And in this one Union
There is no division
Between what it is
And what it does
So Union unites
And so
we put our faith
In this Principle
And choose to
Cooperate with
Union

This is wrong
This is not the Way to Union with God
I’ll be quiet now.