Do planets have life.... and volcanoes... why are the laws of physics so absolute.. why doesnt a planet ever stray from its orbit....
On May 13, 7:50 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > 'Life' has definitely become a tricky word to define these days. A rock is > inert, passive, possesses no active systems, is incapable of reproduction, is > inorganic, and thus my scientist's brain rules it out. Questioning what is > sentient has become a whole new conundrum, as both many species of animals > (long thought insentient by many schools of thought), and some complex AI > systems are capable of displaying traits of self awareness and subjective > perception. Combined with the long running argument of 'What is > consciousness?', it tends to make it difficult for a rationalist to come to > an easy answer. > > > > [ Attached Message ]From:gruff <[email protected]>To:"\"Minds Eye\"" > <[email protected]>Date:Wed, 13 May 2009 07:09:51 -0700 > (PDT)Local:Wed, May 13 2009 7:09 pmSubject:[Mind's Eye] Re: Is the Dream Dead? > > "... On May 12, 7:30 am, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> > wrote: ..." > > > I believe the question could be rephrased as, 'Why do you think a rock has > > life?' > > Life as we know it to be is not infused in a rock. I think the only > way a rock -- or any other such matter -- could be considered to have > anything even remotely considered to be life would be the forces that > imbue that rock at the atomic or sub-atomic level. To my thinking, > life implies sentience which is the ability to feel or perceive > subjectively. Of course it could also be argued whether or not a > single celled creature -- which we do define as possessing life -- can > actually feel or perceive subjectively. However, I seriously doubt > whether a rock or any other such matter, could be considered to have > life as such. I've never known a rock that could feel anything. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
