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To: TigerPaw who wrote (59553)10/7/2014 3:45:37 PM
From: Greg or e  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 69300
 
Plants are alive
Life is defined as: A distinctive characteristic of a living organism from dead organism or non-living thing, as specifically distinguished by the capacity to grow, metabolize, respond (to stimuli), adapt, and reproduce
biology-online.org

You've cherry picked a very loosely defined "response to stimuli" and made THAT your defining characteristic of awareness. You are confusing mechanics with consciousness.