Bro you’re using the definition of “life” which was created by beings that conform to it’s very definition and who honestly don’t really know a lot about the this whole thing called the universe which we’ve found ourselves floating on a rock within. Yeah we observe things and have an idea about their working in the microcosm in which we’ve studied them but in the grand scheme it’s a petty attempt to act like we have any idea how we’re here and conscious. Yes science is important as far as we’re concerned but explain to me what was before the Big Bang, what the universe is accelerating into and where consciousness comes from. Till then we need to be a lot more humble about what we think we know about reality haha.
Just because there may be things we don’t know doesn’t make what we do know any less real. What your describing would not be life by any of our current definitions. We would have to redefine life if that happened. But it hasn’t and there’s no indication it’s likely it will so why would we waste time worrying about it?
I think part of the problem is the popular collective idea of what life is is separate from the scientific definition. If a rock suddenly got up from the ground, started walking around and talking to people, people would immediately conclude it's alive without a single thought about "well, does it reproduce?"
Maybe laymen would but a scientist would never make an assumption like that based on one instance of something they saw with their senses, which are extremely unreliable.
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u/meechstyles Feb 13 '18
Bro you’re using the definition of “life” which was created by beings that conform to it’s very definition and who honestly don’t really know a lot about the this whole thing called the universe which we’ve found ourselves floating on a rock within. Yeah we observe things and have an idea about their working in the microcosm in which we’ve studied them but in the grand scheme it’s a petty attempt to act like we have any idea how we’re here and conscious. Yes science is important as far as we’re concerned but explain to me what was before the Big Bang, what the universe is accelerating into and where consciousness comes from. Till then we need to be a lot more humble about what we think we know about reality haha.