Viruses reproduce!

[The Bacon Guy]

Quote by: Athena If we were to search astroids and planets for life, would we consider a virus a form of life?

No. Regardless of where it comes from, a virus doesn't fit our definition of life.

Quote by: Athena Crystals grow and are responsive to thought energy,

What is "thought energy"?

Quote by: Athena Why is a crystal not living?

It has no metabolism, it's not organised (i.e. made of cells), it doesn't adapt, it doesn't reproduce, it doesn't grow in the biological sense of the word, and it doesn't regulate its internal environment. In short, it doesn't come close to fitting out definition of life.

[Athena]

Quote by: The Bacon Guy What is "thought energy"?

The energy of brain waves can be detected.

Complexity Digest - Brain Waves On Potential Energy Surfaces: Relating Particle Dynamics To Brain State Brain Waves On Potential Energy Surfaces: Relating Particle Dynamics To Brain State, Madison Chaos and Complex Systems Seminar Excerpts: A working brain emits electromagnetic fields which can be detected at the scalp with electroencephalograms (EEG). (...) Here we show how to go beyond a phenomenological description, by regarding EEG output as the coordinates of a hypothetical particle. The hypothetical particle "moves on" an effective potential energy surface. By extracting pieces of this potential energy surface from real EEG data, we find that seizure onset is associated with escape of the hypothetical particle from potential energy wells and crossings of potential energy barriers. (...)

This thought energy has kintic potential

Neural Impulse Actuator responds to thought » Coolest Gadgets The power of thought is truly one of the Holy Grails of the 21st century as scientists and researchers all over the world work to come up with a computer interface that responds to thought, making it possible for virtually everyone and anyone to make use of a computer. Imagine the bed-ridden and homebound updating their blogs and websites without the need to even lift a finger. While that premise is truly interesting and would be beneficial to most people, a seamless working model have yet to be introduced. This does not mean we are further from the goal though - on the contrary, big steps have been taken in this rapidly evolving field, with the Neural Impulse Actuator being the latest prototype in line that responds to the power of thought. While it remains a gaming peripheral at the moment, translating it into a working environment would be pretty simple in principle. The Neural Impulse Actuator is currently being showcased at Computex Taipei 2007. This gaming interface prototype enables up to 11 signals from an actuator worn around to forehead to be assigned to pre-programmed keystrokes or mouse button. This was made possible by the actuator taking its cues from neural signals based from a variety of permutations consisting of the brain, eye, and facial muscle activity through a trio of sensor pads that are located on your forehead. It takes approximately a few minutes to calibrate the device. It seems that this device is widely tipped to be released to the commercial market by the end of this year.

My first information about crystals responding to thoughts, came from a video which I can not reproduce here, but the following experiment seems to be about the same thing. I couldn't copy and paste the information so I copied and pasted the google reference.

Nuclear Physics B : Oscillations of neutrinos produced and ... Oscillations of neutrinos produced and detected in crystals ... We analyze neutrino oscillations in a thought experiment in which neutrinos are produced by ... linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0550321305008266 - Similar pages

The last one is Emoto's water experiment that was used in the movie "What the Bleep Do We Know". However, the validity of this is disputed.

Conscious Water: Power of Prayer Made Visible

Then there is the whole ESP subject we could discuss.

[Athena]

Quote by: Night I'm sorry, but since when are men their own species?? They aren't. It is not a requirement for every single organism to reproduce through asexual reproduction. Viruses don't follow traits 1, 2, 3, and 4. You could argue on points 5 and 6. Through cellular functions, such as splitting DNA and reproducing, converting chemicals, movement, etc.

This is fun. It excites the child within me. A cell and a crystal are distinctly different right? One is plant or animal and the other is mineral. Okay, what is a virus, plant, animal or mineral?

However, if we take the mineral out of plant and animal, can there be plant or animal? Is there mineral in a ameba? Aren't we walking and talking carbon? :)