LIFE FORMS
LIFE FORMS By Brij Sachdeva What is a life form Two fundamental characteristics are required for something to be called a form of life or a living being. 1 It can do something for itself to survive. 2 It can produce more of its kind. Stephen William Hawking, a cosmologist, theoretical physicist and author, has said that computer viruses should be treated as a life form. Although it lacks other typical characteristics of living beings, it fits this definition of a life form. It infects a computer, becomes a parasite, replicates and spreads from one computer to another. Who is accumulating A life form is nothing but a piece of the planet accumulated over time. Our body is also a piece of earth accumulated over time through the food that we eat. Similarly, our mind is also an accumulation of thoughts. But the question is, who is accumulating? Some memory system records every information and remember all the information with such phenomenal integrity tha...