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Life [was: Viruses are NOT alive

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:23 am
by Shannon Nelson
If a term or quality applies to *everything*, then what's the point of
naming it?

There are some important and very easy-to-quantify differences between,
say, a stone and a tree, or between a dead mouse and a live one. What
value is there in muddying the term commonly used to note that
difference?

:-/
Shannon