Comment by ljsprague
>it has to be able to reproduce and evolve by natural selection
Not sure why something has to be able to evolve by natural selection in order to be considered alive.
>it has to be able to reproduce and evolve by natural selection
Not sure why something has to be able to evolve by natural selection in order to be considered alive.
Hmm, is there anything you can think of, barring an individual's death or mutation etc.., that we'd consider alive but can't reproduce or evolve? I hadn't thought of it previously, but that does seem like a fundamental difference between being inert and alive.