Timmay
Puritan Board Freshman
I was watching Star Trek and in the episode I was viewing, a holodeck character became self aware, and feared for his termination of existence when the program ended. Discussions of life came up, even asking if Data the android is alive. I'm very well aware of the humanist tendencies within Star Trek, but the episode got me thinking, what is life, or how do you define it?
Biologically it is said that the definition of life is anything that can reproduce, consume energy, undergoes change until death, etc. However, I think a computer program could fit into those categories. A program can add new code to itself, it can copy itself, and it requires certain aspects in order to run. But it has no soul.
Philosophically it is said that if one thinks, one is, or if one is conscious or self aware, one is. A computer program could technically achieve this as well (but not be self-aware, but only mimic such properties). But this definition would not account for plant life, and even people with severe mental issues.
So biblically speaking, what is life? Is it that which God "breathes" into? Is that a proper and sufficient definition?
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Biologically it is said that the definition of life is anything that can reproduce, consume energy, undergoes change until death, etc. However, I think a computer program could fit into those categories. A program can add new code to itself, it can copy itself, and it requires certain aspects in order to run. But it has no soul.
Philosophically it is said that if one thinks, one is, or if one is conscious or self aware, one is. A computer program could technically achieve this as well (but not be self-aware, but only mimic such properties). But this definition would not account for plant life, and even people with severe mental issues.
So biblically speaking, what is life? Is it that which God "breathes" into? Is that a proper and sufficient definition?
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