Comment on viruses

MonkderDritte@feddit.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They actually don’t have a metabolism, that’s why they don’t fall into the definition of life in the first place.

  Source Wikipedia: “Although they have genes, they do not have a cellular structure, which is often seen as the basic unit of life. Viruses do not have their own metabolism and require a host cell to make new products. They therefore cannot naturally reproduce outside a host cell”

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  • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Man, all these biologists going on about cell structure are in for a rude awakening when we run into silicon based life forms. Or even Commander Data

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    • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A rude awakening? Maybe. But a fascinating one!!

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      • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Why can’t they be fascinated and produce a universalisable definition now? How am I supposed to trust their opinion of whether a virus is alive if they can’t even get Commander Data right? Commander Data is way easier to philosophically understand than a virus.

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• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You commented twice

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  • thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re checking the ‘can reproduce’ box for whether their comment alive or not.

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  • MonkderDritte@feddit.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Weird, i didn’t even got a server timeout, which is usualy the cause.

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