88% of respondents judged an ax as having more life than a Phillips screwdriver.

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• 65% of respondents said the dime has more life than the quarter.finding0.753
  Reinforces that smaller, brighter objects can be perceived as more alive even compared to larger coins of greater value.
• A majority of respondents said the dime has more life than the nickel.finding0.744
  Demonstrates the role of concentrated brightness and smallness in perceived life, independent of monetary value.
• The overall life of the scissors hinges on the fact that it is made of beings.claim0.732
  An empirical observation about a pair of hair-cutting scissors demonstrating the being structure.
• Arch A has more life than Arch B, reflected in the more coherent structure of its wholeness.claim0.713
  Aesthetic judgment of the two arch drawings, illustrating that life can be objectively assessed through the structure of centers.
• Which one has more life?question0.710
  The central empirical question Alexander repeatedly asked himself during twenty years of observation, and which he invites readers to ask when comparing any two artifacts or buildings
• The life vs. machine distinction is relevant only to the lowest class of machines available in prior decades and is not fundamental.claim0.705
  Claim that the organism–machine dichotomy is outdated.
• Smaller models produce more alive responses than larger ones in the same alignment family—roughness signals living process over manufactured polish.claim0.704
• More training and more parameters correlate with more capable self-observation, but capability can become polish, and polish can diminish life.claim0.702
  Explains Alexander finding that Haiku outranks Opus despite Opus being more capable