I agree. "Life" isn't some category out there in the world that has absolute boundaries. It's a human concept. In reality there's a gradient of more and more

I agree. "Life" isn't some category out there in the world that has absolute boundaries. It's a human concept. In reality there's a gradient of more and more sophisticated kinds of processes, and there's no absolute cut off point between non-living and living. It's the human need to have absolute categories that makes it seem like it is a binary category. Richard Dawkins has written an excellent essay on this matter (the human desire for absolute categories): The tyranny of the discontinuous mind https://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/12/issue-essay-line-dawkins https://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/12/issu... He's also written about this topic here: https://www.edge.org/response-detail/25366 https://www.edge.org/response-detail/25366