> Anything that doesn't need external "life" to come alive, I would consider as "life" in various states
Doesn't almost any biological entity need external life to come alive via, e.g. reproduction or mitosis or what have you?
Doesn't almost any biological entity need external life to come alive via, e.g. reproduction or mitosis or what have you?
This is why I said "to come alive" instead of "to be created". The virus is something that just exists but only becomes alive when mixed with something that's already alive.