My point is more general: there may be multiple useful descriptions of “reality” depending on context. It is almost _trivially_ (tautologically) true. Ask two d

My point is more general: there may be multiple useful descriptions of “reality” depending on context. It is almost _trivially_ (tautologically) true. Ask two different programmers to implement something and look at what abstractions they create depending on unrelated non-functional requirements. Here’s specific example: imagine you are writing “what-if” type of article about a table: if you are interested in whether it holds your weight then you might talk in terms of tension, compression, mechanical forces. If you are interested in whether you can hide behind it from x-rays then terms such as radiolucent, atomic composition might be useful. I have no idea in what context “mitochondria are alive” notion might be useful (but it doesn’t mean there is none).