*reads one paper about viral quasispecies*pic.twitter.com/bly2e9QH7y
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Speaking of which, how do you define a 'virus'? I haven't heard a convincing definition for it - it's not 'alive' but 'becomes alive' etc.
'not alive' is sort of like 'barbarian' here maybe? haha
Lol. If only you could re-create barbarians from the 'civilized' after leaving them by themselves.
Hard to say how possible that is these days but in biology there's https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-the-first-contagious-cancer-that-can-spread-between-species … >freaking Vandals!
Virii are super interesting and understudied in the domain of philosophy of science and taxonomy IMHO.
I actually think there's a decent analogy to be made between early state formation and biological group identity.pic.twitter.com/UgI0FzdSWR
@Outsideness (hope this makes motivations for some of my questions regarding deterr. and speciation more obvious if weren't already)
Defining a virus isn't hard because they all look like syringes. (This is a sequitur/non-sequitur sandwich.)
Viruses lack reproduction machinery and have to hijack the machinery of other species, which they do by injecting their recipes.
Sure, but how are they 'alive' at all without hijacking others?
They aren't. A virus trapped away from its host is defenceless.
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