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Self-replication doesn't seem necessary. A human who is infertile is clearly still living. Worker ants who can't reproduce would also be well within the livin
by SomewhatLikely 6y ago
Self-replication doesn't seem necessary. A human who is infertile is clearly still living. Worker ants who can't reproduce would also be well within the living side of the spectrum to me. I give these examples because it seems to me the definition of living should apply at the individual level, not the species. Individuals after all are the ones doing the dying.
- bordercases 6y agoWhat about cloneability?
- mycall 6y agoThe infertile human still came from some fertile being.
- patcon 6y agoreplication is still happening in the lower cellular/molecular scales, even when the aggregate organismal level isn't reproducing that pattern. People who take these definitions very seriously aren't implying that elderly people aren't still alive :)