shouldn't it be dense, not necessarily due to materials, but just because it is so high pressure down there? Just wondering

> -growth hormone on the cells

does that mean someone who's growing has a higher body tempature?

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Also, is the Fever caused by using more nutrients to kill the pathogen, (As the liver, as you said, already produces lots of heat)

well, I dunno bout him, but I'm curious about both!

and, basicly they "smell" bacteria, right?

yes. The program, that's the "conscisness". But, "replicate itself across many maches, and even use machines to create mor machines". now it is definitly effecting the world. Even if you want to say it doesn't have a "soul" and shouldn't have "rights" (It should), it is still alive.

>Then you run into the problem what the strict definitions of these are. Are ideas alive? What about culture? Is a company alive? All of these fit your description in my opinion.

In a way, yes. But, that's the social sciences... I stay away from those, it's a rabbit hole that distracts from the rabbit hole I like!