Life is defined as a material system that can acquire, store, process, and use information to organize its activities.15 Life is defined as a system of nucleic acid and protein polymerases with a constant supply of monomers, energy and protection.16 Life is defined as a system capable of 1. self-organization; 2.self-replication; 3. evolution through mutation; 4. metabolism; and 5. concentrative encapsulation.17 Life is simply a particular state of organized instability.
