You: Some things act this way but are not what you would necessarily call "alive." A virus can move, and it can reproduce. Reproduction implies growth from raw materials into a complete creature and for that reason I would say that a virus can grow.. Would you say that a virus is alive.

Aaron: No, because a virus is a purely mechanical thing.

How do you respond?

  1. You must define "mechanical" for me. Go
  2. Cells are also "mechanical". Go
  3. What about fire? Go