What makes something alive?

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by The Flayed One

Life = Containing reproducible hereditary information.

So are sterile lifeforms technically dead? :D


I would guess, on the inside, at least.

[The Flayed One]

Originally Posted by Vodstok

So are sterile lifeforms technically dead? :D


I would guess, on the inside, at least.

Nah. They still contain it, they just can't use it. Otherwise vasectomies would be used for capitol punishment.

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by The Flayed One

Nah. They still contain it, they just can't use it. Otherwise vasectomies would be used for capitol punishment.

Some people treat it that way.

To me, it is freedom from the rubber prison. Although, I like the idea of that meaning you arent alive, because when I get mine, i get to be undead.

[urgeok2]

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