That's IMO a much more fascinating question. What does it mean that simple systems can exhibit "life"? The first three kinds of simple system are, um, pretty

That's IMO a much more fascinating question. What does it mean that simple systems can exhibit "life"? The first three kinds of simple system are, um, pretty obvious: Boring is static, Oscillators have movement but are static in time so to speak, chaotic systems overwhelm themselves with too much movement, "living" systems seem to balance stasis and chaos. But what does it mean? ;)