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Old May 1, 2008, 12:05 pm   #14 (permalink)
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Well a fly is alive and I assume thinks to
a degree but it does not have emotions.
Keep in mind I am talking about artificial life (AL)
not artificial intelligence (AI).
Flies do have emotions, at least in the sense of "flight or flight." Other things, like protozoan flagella, most certainly exhibit life as well. Life, like intelligence, is not just one static thing, so one can define it in a wide variety of ways. In the most generally accepted sense, life means organic growth, metabolism and reproduction.

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