Eli5-If a virus isn’t technically alive, I would assume it doesn’t have instinct. Where does it get its instructions/drive to know to infect host cells and multiply?
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An acid doesn’t have instinct, yet it knows to dissolve metal. Viruses sit on the line between what is simply a chemical reaction, and what is life.
They make us question what it means to be alive. Are we just chemical reactions?
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