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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

These specific virus types are so machine like, I can't help but imagine they are intelligently designed by some alien life. Everything else looks organic and kinda random because of natural selection; these fuckers look purpose built.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Funnily enough, Steven Universe used this exact concept for some alien technology.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Well, they've been evolved to serve the purpose of injecting their DNA/RNA. So of course they look like they serve that purpose? Your argument is also used by creationists to somehow squeeze their god into all of this by saying "this looks too perfect, this must have been made by something external, i.e. god"...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Ever seen other non-enveloped viruses?