== <span style="font-size:26px;">What are life, information, and the universe?&nbsp;(as information processing objects)</span> ==

<span style="font-size:20px;">1. the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death. (Oxford languages)<br/> <br/> 2.&nbsp;Life is defined as <span style="color:#c0392b;">'''any system capable of performing functions'''</span> such as eating, <span style="color:#e74c3c;">'''metabolizing'''</span>, excreting, breathing, moving, '''growing, reproducing, and responding to external stimuli.''' (Britannica)<br/> <br/> 3.&nbsp;Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from matter that does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energy transformation, and reproduction. (Wikipedia)<br/> <br/> 4. (Changhan's&nbsp;thought) Life&nbsp;is <span style="color:#c0392b;">'''a system that can try to make decisions (output information)'''</span> upon certain conditions (by processing input information).<br/> Life could be classified as two classes; biological life (e.g. animals, plants) and non-biological life (e.g. computer program) as noth can process input information&nbsp;and produce output information.</span><br/> <br/> &nbsp;

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<span style="font-size:20px;">1.&nbsp;what is conveyed or represented by a particular arrangement or sequence of things&nbsp;(Oxford languages)<br/> <br/> 2.&nbsp;Information is an abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to inform. (Wikipedia)<br/> <br/> 3. facts about a situation, person, event, etc. (Cambridge dictionary)<br/> <br/> 4. (Changhan's thought) Information is any form of digits or letters which&nbsp;one&nbsp;can process to make decisions.</span><br/> <br/> <img style="width: 682px; height: 152px;" src=http://Biolecture.org/upload/20230908142554_image.png><br/> <span style="font-size:18px;">(Figure. Life processes and produce information)</span><br/> &nbsp;