Comment on viruses
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 3 months agoWhy 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.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Sorry, I’m unfortunately too much of a literal, analytical thinker to continue this line of joking. Maybe I don’t even fall into the definition of life myself, who knows…
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I’m not joking, I genuinely disagree with the mainstream classification of viruses and Commander Data is genuinely an important cultural symbol for these issues.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Ah OK, I couldn’t tell. So what would you say would be a better definition and what would you like to see included? I’m not really familiar with Data, maybe some background would be helpful…
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Life is that which acts to secure its own existence or that of its kind.