tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773940979558936129.post6390957671178597508..comments2020-07-01T11:05:59.997-07:00Comments on The Deepest Insights: What is Life???Mostinsanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769803845604926383noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773940979558936129.post-18966913358048773492010-04-13T18:43:49.073-07:002010-04-13T18:43:49.073-07:00Not necessarily. You say that any self sustaining ...Not necessarily. You say that any self sustaining system is considered alive. What about something as simple as a couch, or as complex as a skyscraper? They sustain themselves, but neither of them have any intelligence whatsoever. And you said that anything with intelligence is alive. If neither of them have any intelligence, then they aren't alive, now are they?<br /><br />I looked up on dictionary.com the definition of intelligence:<br /><br />–noun<br />1.capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc. <br />2.manifestation of a high mental capacity: He writes with intelligence and wit. <br />3.the faculty of understanding. <br />4.knowledge of an event, circumstance, etc., received or imparted; news; information. <br />5.the gathering or distribution of information, esp. secret information. <br />6.Government. <br />a.information about an enemy or a potential enemy. <br />b.the evaluated conclusions drawn from such information. <br />c.an organization or agency engaged in gathering such information: military intelligence; naval intelligence. <br />7.interchange of information: They have been maintaining intelligence with foreign agents for years. <br />8.Christian Science. a fundamental attribute of God, or infinite Mind. <br />9.(often initial capital letter) an intelligent being or spirit, esp. an incorporeal one, as an angel. <br /><br />I believe that none of these match your definition of intelligence, so if a couch or a skyscraper are not any of those, then they are not intelligent, thus making "a self supporting system" a false definition of life.Peter (πz²a) J-J-Jordan!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16564981181467750166noreply@blogger.com