If you define death to be the absence of life...

Please define "life".
As you said, without a clear cut defintion... discussions on this topic will be pointless, unending, and completely opinionated.

Oh yes Alex, one more thing...

If you define "life" to be the cessation of physical processes, then my computer dies every night when I shut it off.

• Looks like I have to do all the job, huh? - alexander - October 18, 2001 - 22:00 UTC
  • No, I'll take on some of the work load... - smartguy - October 19, 2001 - 16:53 UTC
    • Facts and equations? How about biology textbook? - alexander - October 19, 2001 - 17:57 UTC
      • According to my defintion - smartguy - October 19, 2001 - 18:29 UTC
        • If you were without sensors, you could not know your existence. - alexander - October 19, 2001 - 19:17 UTC
          • But having once had sensors, and then being without... - smartguy - October 19, 2001 - 19:34 UTC
          • This is the most lucid thing.. - luis_hamburgh - October 19, 2001 - 23:02 UTC
    • RE: "Do you truly know where consciousness comes from?" - luis_hamburgh - October 19, 2001 - 23:09 UTC
      • "Do You Truly Know Where [TV Programs Come] From?" - pmartin - October 20, 2001 - 00:13 UTC
      • Luis... different brain = different person? - smartguy - October 20, 2001 - 00:54 UTC
        • I don't think so. - luis_hamburgh - October 21, 2001 - 20:52 UTC
          • Feynman's comment on mind - pmartin - October 22, 2001 - 03:01 UTC
            • Oops. I forgot the page number. It's 244. (NT) - pmartin - October 22, 2001 - 03:06 UTC