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Old 12-25-2011, 11:18 PM
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Can a Virus Become...

Sentient?

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Old 12-26-2011, 01:20 AM
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They way they Mutate to Exploit adverse conditions

Almost seems like they already are.

[Really, Lets not even think about that subject !]

'Talk about Humanity being screwed !
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Old 12-26-2011, 05:57 AM
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having the power of sense perception or sensation; conscious

I dont think so.
Just a single string of RNA, very unstable, bits break off so mutations occur.
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Genetic material has only one imperative: replicate itself. Anything else is incidental.

An interesting read is "The Selfish Gene" by Dawkins.
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I was watching the History channel, the show was talking about how virus' mutate, it's almost like they are mutating to be suited for humans. It's scary to think.
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Old 12-26-2011, 05:59 PM
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I was watching the History channel, the show was talking about how virus' mutate, it's almost like they are mutating to be suited for humans. It's scary to think.
Life aims to preserve itself. Zoonosis is the ability of an organism that requires a host to change itself in such a way that it can survive in a previously unknown host. That's how the flu makes the jump from pigs and chickens to people. It's called evolution, and it's not always pretty, but god made it so and therefore it must serve some purpose.

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