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From: bjkinane@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: comuter life - defn
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.135838.7905@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 5 Mar 91 13:58:38 GMT
Organization: Trinity College Dublin
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Ok here is a possible definition of life.

1 - shape
2 - energy processing
3 - information processing
4 - reproduction

As long as an organism fulfills these criteria, can it be considered a life
form ? Does it matter how these criteria are implemented, as long as they
exist. Consequently, does it matter how an organism came into existence as long
as it exists ?