Why are viruses considered non-living organisms?
Viruses are basically nucleic acid(Genetic Material) wrapped in a protein envelope that take over a host in order to replicate. They cannot replicate without the cellular machinery of their hosts. They are far too simple and don’t have qualities that some people define life with. They do not posses the complexities such as the some scientists use to define as life. Although some people say that viruses are already alive, this is up to debate because of how different people define life. It is also interesting to know of Viroids and Prions. Viroids are pure genetic material and are simpler than viruses that replicate just like it. Prions are made of just protein. Prions basically transforms other proteins to itself thereby ‘replicating’. Both viroids and prions are currently classified as non-living but it is also up to debate because of differing definitions of life. In the end, it is basically about where you choose to draw the line. If you choose for yourself to define it as mere repl
