– a porous field of energy, constantly replenished and diminished by the fields of energy encompassing it
– a finite and definite boundary
– multiple systems of informatino transfer, housed within a structure of questionalbe durability
– the repository of its own history, a library of experience that is built on every moment and then carried further; a fossil record it its movement through space and time
– an intricately designed and efficient infrastructure, the sole purpose of which is to protect, support, and enable a thinking and feeling apparatus, the brain
– a sparse grouping of probability waves, slightly denser than the waves surrounding it
– a study in causality and the inexorable unfolding of the laws of the universe
– a random event triggered by cosmic rays
– a complex structure for manipulating physical matter through space
– a collection of periodic and aperiodic cycles, the collective execution of which mark the rate of decay of the system
– a gathering of innumerable binary forms – physical switches that, in aggregate, complete behaviours thought to be intricate and multiplex
– an engine that drives and is in symbiosis with articulations of ideas, many of which are not able to be expressed with verbal language
– the rude form that belies the various and delicate sensations within it
– constant and regular pulses of various intensities
– secretions of molecules in multiple states, either for purposes of maintenance of stasis or dissemination of information
– sensors designed to interact and relay information to a central processing instrument, even when dormant or in stillness
– a continuing, non stop scan of data that is constantly updated and acted upon in the short and long term
– the first step in a complicated process of parsing the world and extrapolating increasingly abstract and finer ideas about the laws governing space time and how the universe functions, ideas that become more and more difficult to express using conventional communication systems and rules that were developed to describe observed phenomena or behaviour