[thaumasiotes]

> Something is alive or it is not. We don't say something is more alive than something else.

Yes we do. There's a whole continuum from prions through viruses to cells.

[mtqwerty]

I didn't think my education would be out of date so quickly. You're absolutely right. I was taught prions/viruses were in the gray area between alive and dead but alive is clearly just a spectrum.

Thank you for not ending your comment with "read up".