> It seems bizarre to have concepts of "living life" and "non-living life."
So all the dinosaurs found on earth are not "life" according to your definition?
If we found a bone on Mars, wouldn't all the press say "life found on Mars?"
So all the dinosaurs found on earth are not "life" according to your definition?
If we found a bone on Mars, wouldn't all the press say "life found on Mars?"
They WERE life.
The English language has mechanisms to differentiate past and present. Ignoring those mechanisms do not prove points.