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by shameless_1 4714 days ago
"Life" is like "species": different schools/universities/professors hold different definitions.

Example in this context: a (bio) virus. It has no metabolism, without a host cell it's completely static. The academic world is kinda split when you ask someone in the field whether a virus is a living organism or not. According to one school of thought it's as much alive as a rock.