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[–] finkrat@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Ok protein spooder

[–] readthemessage@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 5 months ago

Viruses are Schroedinger's cat confirmed

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh great virus! What is your wisdom?

[–] ThrowawaySobriquet@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Nice, thanks

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 3 points 5 months ago (14 children)

Isn't metabolism one definition of life? If so, they're not alive.

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[–] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While technically phages are viruses, i think it is important to label them as phages.

Typically a virus does not look like a robot. The by now rather well known SARS-CoV-2, with its spherical shape is a more common depiction of a virus: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus

Bacteriophage look like little robots and from the view of a bacterium - they probably are the equivalent of a terminator: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage

[–] bruh@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

But phages are the most ubiquitous form overall. Maybe not as relevant if you mean viruses that infect humans.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Schrodinger's biology?

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago

Weaponized information.

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