Fire is a living organism. Prove me wrong!
Prove me wrong!
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#2In highschool we had the same example. Back then we required cells to call something living.
A virus is not alive.
I don’t see how to define organism without cells.
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#3In highschool we had the same example. Back then we required cells to call something living. A virus is not alive. I don’t see how to define organism without cells.
Even scientists are unsure about the status of viruses. Why can't fire have the same unsure status? XD
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#4Living organisms are a subset of fire—controlled exothermic processes. But when your exothermic process becomes uncontrollable, your life-force is used up quickly.
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#5This is a semantic argument. The outcome depends on how you define "living".
Any definition that includes fire (i.e. hot air) is so broad that it makes the word "living" meaningless and useless. If you included fire, you'd perhaps have to include water or any other fluid.
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#6Living organisms are a subset of fire—controlled exothermic processes. But when your exothermic process becomes uncontrollable, your life-force is used up quickly.
Damn... That's deep. Totally
agree.
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#7This is a semantic argument. The outcome depends on how you define "living". Any definition that includes fire (i.e. hot air) is so broad that it makes the word "living" meaningless and useless. If you included fire, you'd perhaps have to include water or any other fluid.
The argument cannot be made for water as it does not respire or digest.
Yes, the definition of life that fire fits in is broad. But it is still the definition of life.
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#8Life is a system that decreases entropy locally. Fire increases entropy locally.
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#9This is a semantic argument. The outcome depends on how you define "living". Any definition that includes fire (i.e. hot air) is so broad that it makes the word "living" meaningless and useless. If you included fire, you'd perhaps have to include water or any other fluid.
The argument cannot be made for water as it does not respire or digest. Yes, the definition of life that fire fits in is broad. But it is still the definition of life.
I don't know how you define "respire", but water dissolves and releases gases. Fire is a gas, so it can't "respire" the same way. It is just one gas or another.
As for digestion, water is a powerful solvent that breaks many things down. Fire just heats them up, which may or may not change their chemical structure.
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#10Life is a system that decreases entropy locally. Fire increases entropy locally.
Interesting...