How do you define life?

A biological process; a cause-and-effect relationship of combined homeostatic processes interacting with their environment

The cumulative summation of beliefs/knowledge/experience

An equation based scenario, changing of individual elements of the equation effects differences in the whole being

The discovery of (or resignment to) a suitable environment within which one's abilities, desires, potential and sense of purpose are qualitatively utilized

Its' definition is dependent upon the scope of hierarchal examination, and involves a subjective assessment of the strengths and inherent values of the interrelationships of independent variables