That mostly depends on your definition of 'life' If it can replicate itself indefinitely, and act of it's own accord, who's to say it's not? (There's still a ton of work to do to make that possible albeit)

Personally Don't care as long as they make a realistic robotic prostitute during my lifetime.

it was not a serious post, but a badly worded attempt at a joke

does that mean that heat is shrinking out genes?

I bet you could see it with infared, it probably looks like a pillar of light coming out of space to the exact location of the reciever.

That's the point, It works well to complete school. Getting a degree has little to do with learning (although it very much should IMO) and much more to do with being able to regurgitate information.

Tell that to some of the guys I work with.