The problem with defining “life” has bedeviled biology throughout its history, and still there is no agreed resolution. But one of the best ways to characterize living entities is not through any of the features or properties usually considered to define it, such as replication, metabolism, or evolution. Rather, living entities are generators of meaning.

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新的生活观


定义“生命”的问题一直困扰着生物学的整个历史，但至今仍没有达成一致的解决方案。但表征生物体的最佳方法之一不是通过通常被认为定义它的任何特征或属性，例如复制、新陈代谢或进化。相反，生物体是意义的生成者。