Life is a kind of pattern that can replicate itself in a certain environment. We usually consider it as chemical reproduction but why should it be. There's more energy in stars and complex magnetic structures. Who's to say that over billions of years some of them couldn't become replicating?
Right, the problem is people give life the arbitrary prerequisite of being "in a solid/liquid state".
All you need is an energy source and a structure that can absorb the energy and contain enough information to reproduce. It can be made of anything and on any time scale.
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Life is a kind of pattern that can replicate itself in a certain environment. We usually consider it as chemical reproduction but why should it be. There's more energy in stars and complex magnetic structures. Who's to say that over billions of years some of them couldn't become replicating?
Right, the problem is people give life the arbitrary prerequisite of being "in a solid/liquid state".
All you need is an energy source and a structure that can absorb the energy and contain enough information to reproduce. It can be made of anything and on any time scale.