How much independence does it take?

它有多少独立性呢
We could draw yet another picture

我们可以另外画一幅
of a different way a life could come to an end.

生命从有到无的完全不同的示意图
Imagine a body towards the end of life,

想象一下生命即将终结的肉体
on life support machinery.

由生命维持设备维持
Do we want to say the body's functioning or not functioning?

我们认为它是否还在运转呢
Well, hard cases there.

这是个难题
So similarly,

那么同理
there's going to be hard cases about the very, very early stages.

在最初阶段我们也不好下结论
And although they're great questions

当然这些都是好问题
and I'm happy to discuss them with you further,

我也愿意在课后和你们继续探讨
I don't want to pursue them here and now.

但是现在我不想说太多