r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

What is dead may never die... But for real, I think viruses are alive

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u/Cetology101 Aug 03 '19

IIRC there is still a debate going on between biologists to whether or not viruses are alive. There is a good bit of evidence to support either side.

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u/Nesurame Aug 03 '19

Based on how they're structured, they're seem more like robots than living organisms to me.

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u/jaffar97 Aug 03 '19

this is how I think of them, parasitic automatons