We seem to have a fundamental observation - so far unexplained - that among pairs of events, bits of space, places, and particles of existence, we can usually judge that one has a greater degree of life and the other less, at least according to our feeling.

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• The feeling that there is more life in one case than another is correlated with a structural difference in the things themselves, which can be made precise and measured.claim0.838
  Forward‑looking claim that the life quality has an objective basis, to be demonstrated later.
• The degree of life is not merely a distinction between beautiful and ugly things but is detectable in every corner of the world.claim0.821
  Broadens the scope of life from aesthetics to a fundamental property.
• We feel degrees of life in different organisms, even though technically they all have equal biological life.claim0.810
  Summarizes the observation of graded life within the category of living things.
• We see then that life, as it occurs in buildings or in works of art, can be measured. But it can only be measured, or estimated, in a way which relies on the degree of development, or enlightenment, of the observer.quote0.804
  A key methodological statement encapsulating the chapter's conclusion.
• If someone develops clear enough introspection, they will eventually conclude that thought is rendered as subtle perturbations in phenomenal fields.hypothesis0.801
  Cube Flipper's prediction about convergence of insight practice on field model.
• Functional and phenomenal introspection are distinguishable, and whether they correlate in machines is an open question.claim0.798
  Core conceptual distinction introduced at the start; defines the paper's central problem.
• Is it not likely, then, that this sense of more life or less life in things is a private, idiosyncratic judgment without firm empirical content?question0.797
  Rhetorical question that gates the claim of shared, objective judgment.
• Degree of life varies with relative configuration of surrounding centers, not absolute properties.claim0.796