My hypothesis is that there is some objective definition of these phase changes such that the precise definitions of life etc doesn't matter.
My personal stab at an objective defintion: There is a sudden emergence of many more pathways for decay of the universe through entropy. The mechanisms that accelerate the creation of these new pathways is the set that includes "life".
Now with that base definition, we can talk about various forms of life - ones that involve DNA for example. But also others that do not.
My personal stab at an objective defintion: There is a sudden emergence of many more pathways for decay of the universe through entropy. The mechanisms that accelerate the creation of these new pathways is the set that includes "life".
Now with that base definition, we can talk about various forms of life - ones that involve DNA for example. But also others that do not.