>2015 about to end
>virus still arent considered live
>implying they are
>>7750078
>implying they're not
>>7750073
just chemicals man
>>7750073
>This faggot actually believes that a virus is a little spider that crawls into your body to bite you.
Never change, /sci/.
>>7750089
Hey man, we're all just like, chemicals man.
>>7750073
They're just a protein with DNA in them mate. :^)
>>7750073
life is a spectrum, from mere chemistry as the most primitive, to self awareness as the most evolved (as far as we are aware)
>>7750089
>just chemicals man
just like humans then.
This shit always made me argue with my biology teachers.
define "live"
I MEAN
>>7750156
>most evolved
What do you mean by this? Humans are actually very unevolved. Other species like Polychaos dubium, an amoeboid, has a genome that has in its DNA, 670 billion base pairs, 200 times larger than the human genome. How and why you ask? Because it has evolved a great deal more than humans have. All that extra DNA isn't even used, but some may be used when the right environment trigger occurs. I'd say that Polychaos dubium is far more evolved than humans will ever be. Though some of those numbers may be in dispute, there are 1000s of other species that have a great many more base pairs than humans.
>Almost 2016
>Nobody can explain what prions are properly
>>7750195
wtf are you talking about they are infectious proteins faggot
>>7750197
"infectious proteins" is not a proper explanation.
>>7750197
>they live
>heat that kills bacteria and virii can't kill them
>they don't reproduce meotically or mitotically
>they're alive
>they don't have cell walls or nucleii
>they multiply
Seriously....
They aren't fully alive. They are parasitic drones.
I suppose viruses are the closest thing to aliens as it gets on Earth. Well, besides Mexicans.
>>7750206
>they live
no they dont
>heat that kills bacteria and virii can't kill them
proteins can be incredibly heat resistant, dumbass. just look at cerulide enterotoxin and other the proteins in extremophiles
>they don't reproduce meotically or mitotically
why would they, theyre fucking chains of amino acids
>they're alive
says who faggot
>they don't have cell walls or nucleii
theyre fucking proteins
>they multiply
the induce comformational changes in similar proteins
read a fucking book
>>7750220
>they're not alive
>they compete with living cells in organisms
>you can only stop them by applying extreme heat or caustic chemicals
>they don't reproduce
>but they propagate
>they're not alive
>yet they thrive as parasites
>a comprehensive and satisfactory FAQ on prions that fully explains them
>>7750073
I treat them as automatons with a 'genetic' set of instructions.
>>7750225
Are you talking about prions or viruses?
And why are you making multiple threads about the same thing?
>>7750225
An automated machine makes cars, does that mean it's alive?
>>7750307
Prions. Viruses are well known and can also easily be killed a lot easier than your regular mammalian cell with higher temperatures or extremes in pH.
>why are you making multiple threads about the same thing?
What do you mean? I havent made a single thread on /sci/ in years and I'm just replying to posts.
>>7750309
Bad analogy. Prions are organic molecules. Automated machines are also made by other entities. Prions are a random occurence unless they were made in some lab somewhere.
>>7750358
prions are viruses though, just with different structure
viruses are made of proteins too, but they are just assembled differently
prions are extremely advanced viruses, unlike anything else, really
>>7750156
most evolved =/= most advanced
>>7750372
No, they aren't.
They're nothing like viruses. A virus is a load of proteins all bundled up in a shell.
A prion is just a single misfolded protein.
>>7750437
>A virus is DNA or RNA all bundled up in a PROTEIN COAT.
ftfy
>>7750309
I used to argue about this in high school.
>>7750372
Shut the Fuck up
>>7750192
>implying DNA amount in a cell is a way to measure how evolved an organism is
try again retard
>>7750159
humans have the ability to shitpost, id liketo see a virus do that.
>>7750073
the solution is to stop arbitrarily defining life based on our own behavior and look at things in terms of complexity
>im right
>youre wrong
this fucking debate again. this is worse than listening to people arguing about abortion
I have trouble drawing the line of "life" below the virus. I define life as using DNA (software) and proteins (hardware) in a metabolic pursuit. Viruses have the first two items, but don't metabolize. I pretty much agree with the other poster who simply characterized them as a parasitic structure.
>>7750358
>What do you mean? I havent made a single thread on /sci/ in years and I'm just replying to posts.
So these threads aren't you?
>>7750249
>>>/x/17143022
>>7750073
/math/ tries to /bio/
they are not op. just capsules of genetic material
>>7750073
>want to study virology
>barely a job for it, or money in it.
>>7751011
>things that flop
>>7751011
>Windows XP
>LimeWire
>MSN Messenger
>Winamp
I WANT TO GO BACK
>>7750206
>virii
>nearly 2016
>life not defined by degree of consciousness
>people still don't realize everything is conscious
>>7750555
>implying that you aren't a virus
in germany children learn that viruses are not alive because you cant kill them like bacteria
>>7750528
god dammit trang, go back to fucking china
>>7751153
Do molecular virology and then get a PhD in Epidemiology.
>>7751413
Just because you can't killed them doesn't mean they're not alive. We don't know how to kill them its the technical answer. Viruses are harder to kill than bacteria. We do know how to kill some viruses but others are just big assholes.
>>7750769
No that is not me.
>>7750309
can an automated machine that makes cars make automated machines that makes cars?
>>7751423
What about a book that contains instructions on binding books.
>>7750073
They're the bridge between living and non-living
>>7750437
yes they are.
there is no such fucking thing as proteins which infect other proteins,
that is beyond fucking retarded, holy fucking shit. you got to be kidding me. its literally the dumbest thing they could possibly come up with as an explanation for shit they cant figure out.
somewhere along the line a virus involved, or it might even be a more advanced organism. whatever it is, it's completely unknown, and the more investigative work that is done, the more it just scares the fucking shit out of science.
you really have no idea how major of an issue this whole 'prion' thing is
>2015.997
>not questioning science
>still taking much of their bullshit at face value
son, you are not too smart
>>7750156
>most evolved
yeah okay m8
>>7750073
It does not actually reproduce itself. It uses single celled organisms which are capable of doing that to perform that function.
It is basically the biological equivalent of a chain email or pyramid scheme. It's just information structured in a way that compels the host organism to spread it.
>>7751491
>Proteins can't change the shape of other proteins
>This shape change isn't harmful to cells that rely on those proteins
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