Why soap works so well on most viruses

Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by m_eiman on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:18AM (#22557744)

They're like memes, I suppose. Cannot live on their own, but replicate like mad when the circumstances are right.

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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by wool_gather on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:32AM (#22557873)

You've formed a funny circle: the concept of a meme was explained by analogy to a virus when it was introduced. (In The Selfish Gene.)

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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by captain_crabs on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:26AM (#22557818)

A kind of concerning thought: who's to say there aren't higher-level versions of this same concept playing out? Say we figure out the nature of consciousness and are able to effectively interact with it's "thinginess." Then we find: there are things in our universe that're semi-conscious, but feed and replicate on/inside/with the consciousness of others and are incapable of existing on their own.

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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by dnautics on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:22AM (#22557770)

The ontology on those concepts goes in the other direction.

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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by jacobush on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:32AM (#22557874)

I don't understand. :)

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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by asadkn on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:38AM (#22557946)

You mean they go viral?

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