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And then, you need to add another dimension: 5% to 8% of our DNA in from viruses that once infected us [1] [1] http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/

• otakucode 12y ago
  And do you qualify those viruses as alive? Why do we have more claim to the tangle of DNA in our cells than they do? Why do we not simply qualify as vehicles evolved by the virus to accomplish its travel through the centuries of reproduction? Obviously, we very well might. Perspective is, at best, meaningless, and, more often, misleading. The view that the evolution of oxygen-bearing organisms was a boon which unfurled the history of organisms which resulted in us is exactly equivalent to the view that the evolution of oxygen-bearing organisms caused the most calamitous tragedy in the history of the planet, wiping out nearly a whole planet of life and dooming the future to a lack of complex anaerobic organisms. Objectivity and a dispassionate approach to knowledge isn't just a personality affect of scientists. It's a vital tool.