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Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 5 weeks agotechnically viruses aren’t alive. They just use cellular machinery to replicate and thats it.
Comment on I'd have to hear her argument, but...
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 5 weeks agotechnically viruses aren’t alive. They just use cellular machinery to replicate and thats it.
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Eh, it’s not really that cut and dry. You could debate either way with plenty of evidence, in the end it’s really a limit to the semantics of language
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Thats pretty neat “you cant kill something thats not alive”. Can viruses respond to stimuli? We consider bacteria alive but viruses are debated, wheres the line? are enzymes alive? Are prions alive? cool article.