I Have a Question

What do you consider alive and do you think the fact that no matter what all things we consider alive are made up of individually dead things contradicts the common concept of life? Or do you take that into consideration when you define life?

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frostyflower · 36-40, F

We are made up of matter that has been recycled since our sun and earth were part of the same previous massive star before it aged and exploded.

The biological science definition of life is more about being capable of consuming, metabolizing, growing, and procreating.

To say that we are made of dead things isn't entirely inaccurate, but it's more like a phoenix rising from the ashes than it is a giant made out of little zombies.