Posted by Runshouse21 at 68-173-203-199.nyc.rr.com on March 23, 2004 at 22:22:53:
In Reply to: :::sigh::: The easy answer is, "No." posted by Übermenschİ on March 23, 2004 at 22:19:10:
: Furthermore, the continuum extends from non-living with various intermediates--"life" has yet to be defined in a rigorous manner. You say animals are alive and rocks are dead.
Rocks can't be dead... You must live first to be dead. Rocks simply are not alive
:Ok. Are viruses alive? They procreate and consume resources.
Yes but they can not procreate without using the reproductive organelle from another cell. So they are missing one of the requirements if you are using the strict definition of life.