With red blood cells it's not as simple either.

About the red blood cells - in my opinion, individual cells of multicellular organisms are alive per se, yes.

You're right about the consensus, but I think times are changing and thinking differently about viruses is becoming a trend.

They don't need it. They want it.

"viruses are not even alive" - viruses and other acellular entities that are part of what we call life on earth in general are finally starting to be recognized as such: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26305806/

Do they have any documentation it was their property? No? Well, we're going to genocide them anyway, that's our thing.

Pakicetus looks really cute in this reconstruction! I've always seen the species pictured looking as a kind of a big rat. This is so much better.

Super depressing.

Did they? Wiki tells me "that cetaceans are phylogenetically closely related with the even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla)". So a horse is closer than a cow, but a cow is much closer than a dog. By the way, I like the fact that we're both angry :)

I think it depends on the particular people. I know a conservative whom it is impossible to talk to without them turning the conversation into politics full of hate in the shortest possible time. I'd love to know, whether there's any statistics about this, because obviously the experience from our social bubbles is not enough.

Yes, I was referring to the evolutionary aspects, not the ecological ones :)

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