Living thing

[Poison]

Hi people!I'm not sure that you can say that everything that is alive is made of cells.What about viruses?Are they "living things"?I'm not sure.Ok viruses can't reproduce without cell's metabolism but they can reproduce...

According to the definition of life, they are NOT living. But if you change the criteria of living things, they can be.. But they are non-living in the present situtation.
We discussed this in the past you can make a search to read our discussion.

[adam00f]

zami'87. if u want to know more abour virus click this link..they will help u http://www.biology-online.org/1/9_pathogens.htm, but its true virus are not living they have genetic material and stuff but in order for them to reproduse they need a cell

[zami'87.]

zami'87. if u want to know more abour virus click this link..they will help u http://www.biology-online.org/1/9_pathogens.htm, but its true virus are not living they have genetic material and stuff but in order for them to reproduse they need a cell

Ok

[Poison]

is that link still working? I couldn't open the page. can you please check that adam00f?

[oso]

doesn't grow, doesn't reproduce

[2810712]

Yeah, i also, calling living or non-living is matter of convinience i believe that there is a level of livingness amd deadness of every organ even we are not 100% living and the PC is not 100% non living [ if u know REKI and etc u'll understand why] So, we should actually not defined life correctly . Prions , samilar case, but less living ness as no inheriance observed.

PS: this is complicated . ARe u boared ???


hrushikesh

[MrMistery]

2810712 i posted something similar- one of my first posts. I'm glad to see that there is someone that agrees with me

[2810712]

i'm also glad to learn this.



hrushikesh

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hrushikesh

[thank.darwin]

We are made up of atoms and atoms are not living so you could say that we are made up of a bunch of dead things.

[biostudent84]

We are made up of atoms and atoms are not living so you could say that we are made up of a bunch of dead things.

I wouldn't say "dead", but rather "non-living"

[mith]

right because dead means it was once living.

One of the great questions about life is whether life is simply the complex interactions between simple molecules, governed by the laws of chemistry and physics, or whether life is something imbued into these atoms. Without going into a metaphysical debate, I just want everyone to consider if all life is mechanical, how can something be judged "more living"?

[2810712]

Something that is metaphysical for 'modern' science today, can be physical later and that things may have been realized by ancient people. This is not impossible. So , don't neglect the metaphysical things, think upon and u may have a new discovery of yours.

hrushikesh