[thelaxiankey]

def not life. there is no sense in which a virus... 'does' anything, it's not agentic. it's kind of like a free-floating loaded spring.

[agumonkey]

ok, i get that, and now is a bacteria considered more agentic than a virus then ? (that's a bit of a side-question sorry). bacterias at least reproduce on their own so they check all the boxes.