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About two weeks ago, an old friend of mine announced a competition for 100 SEK (about 10€) for the best answer to the question “What is life?”. Since I have a few thoughts to give on the matter and always could use some extra cash, I thought I’d give it a go. Part one: The problem of defining life The main problem with defining life is that not only do you have to find a common denominator for all life that we find on our own planet (which would be a very specific one), but one must also account for other possible forms of life on other planets or, indeed, in other universes (which would be a very general one) while still making some kind of intuitive sense.  Thus, the endeavour of … Read entire article »