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In biology 101, they taught us that life is something with the following properties: 1. Has order 2. Has metabolism 3. Has evolutionary adaptation 4. Respon
by briga 7y ago
In biology 101, they taught us that life is something with the following properties:
1. Has order
2. Has metabolism
3. Has evolutionary adaptation
4. Responds to the environment
5. Reproduces
6. Grows and develops
Which seems fine as a definition, but certain physical processes are still a little ambiguous. Like consciousness, there's probably not a clear dividing line between life and non-life, but rather a gradient between the two.
- bobbylarrybobby 7y agoWhy is evolutionary adaptation a necessity? If some reasonably complex organism evolved and then perfected its DNA replication to the point where no mutations occurred, and thus it could not evolve any further, it would cease to be considered alive?
- briga 7y agoJust because no mutations are occuring doesn't mean natural selection isn't taking place, it just means that there are no fitter variants in that organism's immediate fitness landscape