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Tenkun at 00:39, 12 December 2007

Tenkun — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:39:57 GMT

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	==What Is Life?==		==What Is Life?==

-	The study of life is a reflexive, self-referential study, because the only sentient beings in the universe are those which are alive. Only by being alive can one study. Living beings have been studying since they became [[self-~~aware~~\|self-~~awareness~~]] exactly what is means to be alive. In order to live, it is agreed, one must first be born. Once one dies, one is no longer alive. So life is a period of time between [[birth]] and death. It is also a biological state, wherein the physical body is functioning. Thus, the cessation of function in any critical part of the body leads to the end of life, to death.	+	The study of life is a reflexive, self-referential study, because the only sentient beings in the universe are those which are alive. Only by being alive can one study. Living beings have been studying since they became [[self-awareness\|self-aware]] exactly what is means to be alive. In order to live, it is agreed, one must first be born. Once one dies, one is no longer alive. So life is a period of time between [[birth]] and death. It is also a biological state, wherein the physical body is functioning. Thus, the cessation of function in any critical part of the body leads to the end of life, to death.

	==Life Cycle==		==Life Cycle==

Tenkun at 00:39, 12 December 2007

Tenkun — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:39:42 GMT

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	==What Is Life?==		==What Is Life?==

-	The study of life is a reflexive, self-referential study, because the only sentient beings in the universe are those which are alive. Only by being alive can one study. Living beings have been studying since they became [[self-aware	+	The study of life is a reflexive, self-referential study, because the only sentient beings in the universe are those which are alive. Only by being alive can one study. Living beings have been studying since they became [[self-aware\|self-awareness]] exactly what is means to be alive. In order to live, it is agreed, one must first be born. Once one dies, one is no longer alive. So life is a period of time between [[birth]] and death. It is also a biological state, wherein the physical body is functioning. Thus, the cessation of function in any critical part of the body leads to the end of life, to death.
-	self-awareness]] exactly what is means to be alive. In order to live, it is agreed, one must first be born. Once one dies, one is no longer alive. So life is a period of time between [[birth]] and death. It is also a biological state, wherein the physical body is functioning. Thus, the cessation of function in any critical part of the body leads to the end of life, to death.	+

	==Life Cycle==		==Life Cycle==

Tenkun at 00:39, 12 December 2007

Tenkun — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:39:18 GMT

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	==What Is Life?==		==What Is Life?==

-	The study of life is a reflexive, self-referential study, because the only sentient beings in the universe are those which are alive. Only by being alive can one study. Living beings have been studying since they became [[self-aware]] exactly what is means to be alive. In order to live, it is agreed, one must first be born. Once one dies, one is no longer alive. So life is a period of time between [[birth]] and death. It is also a biological state, wherein the physical body is functioning. Thus, the cessation of function in any critical part of the body leads to the end of life, to death.	+	The study of life is a reflexive, self-referential study, because the only sentient beings in the universe are those which are alive. Only by being alive can one study. Living beings have been studying since they became [[self-aware
		+	self-awareness]] exactly what is means to be alive. In order to live, it is agreed, one must first be born. Once one dies, one is no longer alive. So life is a period of time between [[birth]] and death. It is also a biological state, wherein the physical body is functioning. Thus, the cessation of function in any critical part of the body leads to the end of life, to death.

	==Life Cycle==		==Life Cycle==
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	See also:		See also:
-	*[[The ~~meaning~~ of ~~life~~]]	+	*[[The Meaning of Life]]
	*[[Death]]		*[[Death]]

Admin at 21:03, 18 May 2007

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12.206.253.30 at 20:27, 17 May 2007

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	==What Is Alive?==		==What Is Alive?==

-	Just as certain numbers (like [[0]], [[infinity]], and the square root of negative one) continue to defy categorization or the normal rules of math, there are beings that are difficult to place under either life or inanimity. [[~~viru\|~~virus	+	Just as certain numbers (like [[0]], [[infinity]], and the square root of negative one) continue to defy categorization or the normal rules of math, there are beings that are difficult to place under either life or inanimity. [[virus\|Viruses]], for example, are on the fringe of life. They contain biological material, they reproduce incessantly (ooh), and they consume other organisms, but they don't respond to their environment or reproduce on their own. Fire consumes, grows, and reproduces, but it's completely nonbiological. Artificial life, like robots, can think and act independently, reproduce, consume, and grow, but they're also nonbiological in nature. And what of [[God]]? Apparently not physical in any way, yet able to create or destroy at will, violating the laws of conservation of matter and energy. It has been suggested that no man can comprehend the existence of God, like a two-dimensional being looking up at ''us''.
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		+	==Life is...==
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		+	A favorite pastime of amateur philosophers and epigrammists has always been making metaphors for life. I got no metaphors. But life is hard, life is easy. It sucks, it's great. It contains every experience we will ever have. Who can complain? Everyone. Life is bittersweet. Life is difficult and sad. [[Thomas Hobbes]] said it's "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short." Life is a peach tree, drifting through the [[cosmos]], hiding from the rain. How the hell should I know? Life is something you just ''do'', you just ''have''. But we get bored so we end up talking and writing about it.

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12.206.253.30 at 20:15, 17 May 2007

12.206.253.30 — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:15:46 GMT

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	*(be able to) reproduce		*(be able to) reproduce
	*eventually die		*eventually die
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		+	After all, what is life without any one of these things? Everything that lives is first born. Whether through mitosis, meiosis, gestation, whatever the case may be. They all ''must'' consume, or they die. They grow and develop in some way. They continue their species by reproducing, whether sexually or asexually, and then at some point they die. That which is immortal was never alive in the first place.
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		+	==What Is Alive?==
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		+	Just as certain numbers (like [[0]], [[infinity]], and the square root of negative one) continue to defy categorization or the normal rules of math, there are beings that are difficult to place under either life or inanimity. [[viru\|virus

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12.206.253.30 at 20:08, 17 May 2007

12.206.253.30 — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:08:35 GMT

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	'''Life''' is the state of being alive. It is not death. It is not undeath. No, life is positive state of being and living; of consuming, growing, and reproducing. Human beings live, as do animals and plants and fungi and bacteria. Debate still rages as to whether [[virus\|viruses]] are alive. Or [[fire]]. I am alive. Or is my life just a systematic delusion I'm going through? Is life just a point of view? [[Being]] and [[consciousness]], these are confusing. Life should be cut and dry. Either you are alive or dead. To be alive, you have a physical body, a corporeal presence. [[Why]] do we live, why are we here?		'''Life''' is the state of being alive. It is not death. It is not undeath. No, life is positive state of being and living; of consuming, growing, and reproducing. Human beings live, as do animals and plants and fungi and bacteria. Debate still rages as to whether [[virus\|viruses]] are alive. Or [[fire]]. I am alive. Or is my life just a systematic delusion I'm going through? Is life just a point of view? [[Being]] and [[consciousness]], these are confusing. Life should be cut and dry. Either you are alive or dead. To be alive, you have a physical body, a corporeal presence. [[Why]] do we live, why are we here?
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		+	==What Is Life?==
		+
		+	The study of life is a reflexive, self-referential study, because the only sentient beings in the universe are those which are alive. Only by being alive can one study. Living beings have been studying since they became [[self-aware]] exactly what is means to be alive. In order to live, it is agreed, one must first be born. Once one dies, one is no longer alive. So life is a period of time between [[birth]] and death. It is also a biological state, wherein the physical body is functioning. Thus, the cessation of function in any critical part of the body leads to the end of life, to death.
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		+	==Life Cycle==
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		+	In order to be alive, an [[organism]] must fulfill certain criteria. They must:
		+	*have been born
		+	*(need to) consume
		+	*grow
		+	*develop
		+	*(be able to) reproduce
		+	*eventually die

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Admin at 03:10, 17 May 2007

Admin — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:10:10 GMT

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-	{{Q\|"Ah! Sweet mystery of life."}}	+	{{Q\|"Ah! Sweet mystery of life."\|Naughty Marietta, 1910}}
-	-Naughty Marietta, 1910	+

	'''Life''' is the state of being alive. It is not death. It is not undeath. No, life is positive state of being and living; of consuming, growing, and reproducing. Human beings live, as do animals and plants and fungi and bacteria. Debate still rages as to whether [[virus\|viruses]] are alive. Or [[fire]]. I am alive. Or is my life just a systematic delusion I'm going through? Is life just a point of view? [[Being]] and [[consciousness]], these are confusing. Life should be cut and dry. Either you are alive or dead. To be alive, you have a physical body, a corporeal presence. [[Why]] do we live, why are we here?		'''Life''' is the state of being alive. It is not death. It is not undeath. No, life is positive state of being and living; of consuming, growing, and reproducing. Human beings live, as do animals and plants and fungi and bacteria. Debate still rages as to whether [[virus\|viruses]] are alive. Or [[fire]]. I am alive. Or is my life just a systematic delusion I'm going through? Is life just a point of view? [[Being]] and [[consciousness]], these are confusing. Life should be cut and dry. Either you are alive or dead. To be alive, you have a physical body, a corporeal presence. [[Why]] do we live, why are we here?

Admin at 03:07, 17 May 2007

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	-Naughty Marietta, 1910		-Naughty Marietta, 1910

Admin at 03:06, 17 May 2007

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