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kleinbl00  ·  367 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You Are Not a Parrot

Yeah but that's an argument for 'mind' not an argument for 'life.' You're arguing there's no 'mind' and that what we consider 'mind' is a gradient. 'life', on the other hand, is a clear bright line: if you have a metabolism, if you respond to stimulus, if you reproduce, if you can do all of the above without the presence of a host, you are alive.

The nerds are all about "life" doesn't matter because "mind" is whatever we say it is.