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minus-square@angrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 month 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@Dasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month 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@angrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoWith red blood cells it’s not as simple either.
minus-square@Dasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoYeah, it isn’t. Definitions in biology, man. There’s always an exception, and an exception to the exception and…
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…