“We can declare an organism ‘dead’ but we can easily demonstrate the presence of ‘live’ cells for long periods afterwards. We know that in cybernetic engineering it is of utmost importance to feed and renew the neurons of the brain before gross disintegration sets in. We say that the cells remain ‘alive’ but that the organism itself is ‘dead.’ And we prove our thesis by the many attempts to revive the entire organism.
“In all this, however, we have failed utterly to define life or underline its requirements.
“One of the phenomena of cybernetic engineering presents a challenge we can ignore no longer. I refer to the adjustment collapse, so called. In at least ninety-five percent of our installations there is a period of total collapse of function following the initial visual stimulus. I h
