Should cells be part of the definition of life?
The definition of life that we use in this class (and which most scientists use) defines life as what something DOES, not what it is MADE OF. Yet cells are defined, in many places on the internet, as "the smallest unit of life" -- implying that life is defined, at least in part, by what something is made of. Which definition do you think is better -- that life is what something does, or life is, at least in part, what something is made of?
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