I have no idea what it means, but that’s what it says (about daas, not about being alive).
Let’s not lose sight of the fact that Tehillim is poetry. It’s not a science text. Like most poetry, it’s not meant to be taken 100% literally.
Wolf, you of all people should recognize the possibility of Silicon or Plasma based life forms. Just because we are unable to detect their sentience does not mean that they don’t have it (perhaps they simply choose not to exercise it).
To quote Perek Shira (and the Pasuk in Nechemya): Kochavim Omerim:
??????-???? ?????-?, ?????????–?? (??????) ???????? ???-??????????? ?????? ??????????? ?????-??????? ??????? ?????-?????? ??????? ?????????? ?????-?????? ??????, ???????? ???????? ???-???????; ??????? ???????????, ???? ??????????????.
So I would say that Pashtus, the Rambam is learning from a Pasuk.