[betty boop]

There is a very sharp dividing line, or difference, between the presence or absense of life. There is no in-between state. A thing is either alive, or it is not.

[Nebullis]

There is a very sharp dividing line, or difference, between the presence or absense of life. There is no in-between state. A thing is either alive, or it is not.

Right, betty boop, that's what you said earlier. My question is what is that sharp dividing line? What is it that demarcates something living from something non living?

[Doctor Stochastic]

There is a very sharp dividing line, or difference, between the presence or absense of life. There is no in-between state. A thing is either alive, or it is not.

You continue to assert this but give no was of telling if it is true or false. How does one determine if something is living or dead? Asking Justice Potter Stewart doesn't seem to be a good method (even ie he did know it when he saw it.)

Can a living entity have dead parts? Can a dead entitiy have living parts?