Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25045079-20140829212910/@comment-24891101-20141112181155

Alright, yes, I concede to the spirit of the point, though I take issue with a number of your examples. Fair enough, though; I did rather overstate my case, though I still maintain that viruses and similar are not alive, based on my understanding, which is admittedly out of date, as I'm not a biologist.

As to your original point pertaining to Penny: she's not alive by modern definitions of life, because the modern definition of life presupposes only biological life, based in carbon chemistry. She very clearly does not meet that definition. However, the definition would need be broadened to include her.