If you start looking into definition of life itself you end-up deep into philosophical weeds, and start debating life like crystals, that dont feel alive but ac

If you start looking into definition of life itself you end-up deep into philosophical weeds, and start debating life like crystals, that dont feel alive but act as if they are biological organisms[0]. Heck even closer, is virus alive or its just a random runaway mutation of organic code? I don't think life is rare, but self aware intelligence probably is exceedingly rare, given how expensive it is in terms of energy cost, and the balance of disadvantageous environment needed for it to emerge and survive but not enough to destroy it. There are organisms that haven't evolved intelligence for millions of years because they are good enough to survive and not to mention the self awareness. [0] https://www.wired.com/2013/01/living-crystal/ https://www.wired.com/2013/01/living-crystal/