Yes – it might not be real good at it, but close enough.
That’s at the viable living thing level, not yet considering whether it can expand into its environment or reproduce.
Ability to reproduce makes it a competitive living thing. Other living things are gonna develop the ability to reproduce, so you better too if you’re going to survive.
Continue reading Is the Earth – could a planet with living things be – a living thing?
Question: Is there a reason the universe is the way it is, or is it just arbitrary?
A few of these attributes are: number and topology of dimensions (like space is 3-dimensional, not 2- or 4-dim), conservation of energy (energy can’t wax and wane, either arbitrarily or according to some rule), four forces and their properties (why not more or fewer forces; why gravity not both attract and repel, electricity only attract, etc), has the particles w/properties that it does.
DEFINITION
A living object is material in an ordered state, which actively maintains its state (at least), and (better yet) is able to rearrange increasing amounts of its environment into something similar to itself, by growth (ok) or replication (best of all).
In detail, it’s an object that is…
The Universe…
What does that mean – it listens to quiet piano music by the light of warm candles while meditating on self-awareness? Continue reading The Universe
Very Universe 