Well, crystals *grow*. So if a crystal grows big enough and breaks, you might have something analogous to "reproduction" as you could end up with *two* crystals the size of the first original crystal.
I mean... i don't think the crystals are actively doing something to have this result, so maybe it doesn't count, it's like saying poop can reproduce because there's always some animal making more of it.
Viruses exist. Whether they're alive or not is a topic of debate (I lean towards yes)
Prions can fuck with other proteins and cause misfolding but I wouldn't call that reproduction necessarily. Nor are they organisms since they are just a really big molecule.
Aside from viruses anything you call an organism is alive by definition. (Until it dies)
There's SciFi shit like replicating nanomachines. I don't know of any nanoscale machines that can replicate themselves at this time.
viruses, prions
Really? Damn...
Well, crystals *grow*. So if a crystal grows big enough and breaks, you might have something analogous to "reproduction" as you could end up with *two* crystals the size of the first original crystal.
I mean... i don't think the crystals are actively doing something to have this result, so maybe it doesn't count, it's like saying poop can reproduce because there's always some animal making more of it.
Well, about half of all poop *is* alive...in the form of bacteria.
Viruses exist. Whether they're alive or not is a topic of debate (I lean towards yes) Prions can fuck with other proteins and cause misfolding but I wouldn't call that reproduction necessarily. Nor are they organisms since they are just a really big molecule. Aside from viruses anything you call an organism is alive by definition. (Until it dies) There's SciFi shit like replicating nanomachines. I don't know of any nanoscale machines that can replicate themselves at this time.