So the first thing that we learn is that it is possible to define life in terms of processes alone, without referring at all to the type of things that we hold dear, as far as the type of life on Earth is.
所以头一件我们学到的 就是生命可以被定义为 一种过程本身 而不需要借助 其他我们珍视的东西 比如地球上的生命形式