Talk:Yang Xiao Long/@comment-26838620-20150901052756/@comment-80.192.105.94-20150903024024

Spirited - that's not the same thing. Reproduction requires it to pass on it's genetic material either sexually or asexually - fire does not do that. Fire is a physical reaction. Fire itself is actually the plasma created as a result of the various reactions - it is oxygen in the atmosphere being converted into plasma - the excess oxygen specifically (as other oxygen particles are used in the chemical reactions to produce CO2). It isn't adapting to its environment - fire takes the path of least resistance - things that burn easily will burn, things that don't burn easily will be less likely to burn. Fire is not alive by any sense of the word.