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Re:Tiny Microbe Challenges the Definition of Cellular Life by IAmBroom on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @11:31AM (#44962850)
I'd argue that this is FAR more true of the soft sciences - of which biology is perhaps the "hardest".

The definition of steel is pretty hard-edged. A polymer of C, H, and O isn't steel.

The definition of a quasar is similar. There are "maybe quasars", but that's from lack of data, not lack of definition clarity.

A circle is pretty exactingly defined. Mathematicians aren't fuzzy on that.

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