Life [was: Viruses are NOT alive
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:23 am
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
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