At what point do particles become "alive"

What is coded in DNA if not information?
How do bacteria interact with their environment?
I'm a systems/network ecologist so don't expect me to know much about microbiology, but bacteria certainly process information and have a mind, it's just not a conscious one.

>deterministic universe where all actions are as the pilot wave dictates

nothing is truly alive

They are always alive

Being alive isn't about being free it is about being aware

Isn't a simple molecular bond, like that found in a molecule of water, "information"? Just very little information?

Wrong. Everything is alive.

2deep4me

Semantics.

Bacteria have a very low level of consciousness. If not, show me the dividing line between an organism that is conscious and an organism that is not. Brotip: you can't

welcome to the glorious world of Cellular Automatons aka self replicating organisms