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minus-square@angrystegolinkEnglish0•7 months ago“viruses are not even alive” - viruses and other acellular entities that are part of what we call life on earth in general are finally starting to be recognized as such: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26305806/
minus-square@DasuslinkEnglish1•7 months agoAre my red blood cells alive, per se? Also, not to be a quenchcoal, but a single paper suggesting a classification doesn’t really mean scientific consensus on the matter. As I said, most current definitions. I am aware of different views as well. It’s not my personal opinion, just the prevailing definition.
minus-square@angrystegolinkEnglish1•edit-27 months agoAbout the red blood cells - in my opinion, individual cells of multicellular organisms are alive per se, yes. You’re right about the consensus, but I think times are changing and thinking differently about viruses is becoming a trend.
minus-square@DasuslinkEnglish1•7 months ago About the red blood cells - in my opinion, individual cells of multicellular organisms are alive per se, yes. So your nails are also alive? Or just the nailbed? Or the nails rven alive after you discard them? Red cells are a part of an organism, but they’re not an organism themselves, so they’re not exactly " alive". But viruses, that debate is nowhere near as simple, haha.
minus-square@DasuslinkEnglish1•7 months agoYeah, it isn’t. Definitions in biology, man. There’s always an exception, and an exception to the exception and…
“viruses are not even alive” - viruses and other acellular entities that are part of what we call life on earth in general are finally starting to be recognized as such: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26305806/
Are my red blood cells alive, per se?
Also, not to be a quenchcoal, but a single paper suggesting a classification doesn’t really mean scientific consensus on the matter.
As I said, most current definitions. I am aware of different views as well. It’s not my personal opinion, just the prevailing definition.
About the red blood cells - in my opinion, individual cells of multicellular organisms are alive per se, yes.
You’re right about the consensus, but I think times are changing and thinking differently about viruses is becoming a trend.
So your nails are also alive? Or just the nailbed? Or the nails rven alive after you discard them?
Red cells are a part of an organism, but they’re not an organism themselves, so they’re not exactly " alive".
But viruses, that debate is nowhere near as simple, haha.
With red blood cells it’s not as simple either.
Yeah, it isn’t.
Definitions in biology, man. There’s always an exception, and an exception to the exception and…