"I tried to address this in my original post . So I still maintain that reproduction is not a requirement for qualifying as living ."
"Walking-fish : I basically agree with you . I guess I was being redundant in this regard . I was thinking out loud , in cyberspace . But it is interesting that we humans may be the first species to actually go beyond the need for this death & amp ; reproduction cycle by genetically or artificially reinventing ourselves . But now I 'm thinking out loud again on the web ."
"I tried to address this in my original post reproduction is not a requirement for qualifying as living ."
"I basically agree with you was thinking out loud , in cyberspace ."