The definition of what we term life on planet earth is influenced by an ordered reaction of chemicals to form a working system. It will be incorrect to claim that extraterrestrial life forms with possibly different type of chemical make-up will have the same qualities used in defining life forms on earth. Since we do not solid knowledge on extraterrestrial biochemistry that shows the same characteristics as life on earth, the proposition of NASA’s definition of life to encompass all forms of life in the university is nothing but mere assumption.

Thanks Professor. This is an interesting topic to explore. Scientists some times claim that there hasn’t been an evidence of life on other planets, however it is important to note what characteristic/definition of life these scientists used in their search. There is a possibility that what we consider to be life or the properties of life isn’t the same with other planets. Then we are left to think that there is possibility we have seen life on other planets with features those not fit in our definition of life on earth

The nature of Science in itself is not built on making making subjective claims and drawing conclusions based off of the experimenter’s feelings, however all claims or proposed possible reality should be backed with experimental facts void of all form of biases. Believing that human actions is built upon antecedent events and actions has not been proven with all available evidence to be true so therefore it wouldn’t be scientifically correct to conclude that humans do not posses free will. However this opens the opportunity for other scientists to ask more questions and carry out more research to check the validity and authenticity of such hypothesis. It should only be a claim when multiple experiments are carried and all available evidence supports the claim.

This is an interesting and beautiful topic I will love make further research on. I do no know how reflect actions play a part in understanding free will, but I do know that the conscious mind in most cases is not able to process/ make a decision before these actions take place. The subconscious mind isn’t fast enough to process/make this decision before it happens. An example is the reflect action of blinking an eye immediately an abject tries to get through. The body automatically responds to this without ever thinking or giving room for the conscious mind to make a decision. However if causal determinism is true and it is proven that humans do not have free will then the question of ” Are we in a simulation?” will be more apparent to be possibly true.