• piecat@lemmy.world
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        27 days ago

        Macroscopic creatures are made of different types of cells and stuff… what constitutes a living thing?

        People didn’t lose half of their cells, it was all or none.

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      27 days ago

      There was never any such ideas being part of it. It affected plantlife and bacteria as well. The idea of a soul to begin with is not even supported by science, although most people consider it to have some kind of validity, even if it’s not quite definable. But the relevant issue is that it’s all life period.