Do viruses know they are viruses?

Viruses not only have no thinking, but also no consciousness. Cells are conscious. A virus is just an unconscious thing that can divide, possibly fragments of dead cells. It is like a plant spore that spreads everywhere and begins to divide in large numbers when it encounters a suitable place. It can't even reproduce, let alone replicate. How can it replicate without consciousness? So reproduction and replication are both wrong. Viruses don't know what they are?

The name "virus" is given by humans. Of course viruses do not know that they are viruses. They do not have the brain to understand such an abstract meaning. Viruses are not even living things, they just fall randomly onto infective organisms through clever construction.

Viruses are composed of a group of proteins and internal nucleic acids. The characteristic of proteins is that their structure determines their functions. The proteins are charged due to their structures such as amino groups and hydroxyl groups. The charges are easily matched with the charges in the water medium. The ions act, and this will change the structure of the protein, changing the shape of the virus, etc., so it has the ability to bind cell surface antigens, and then a series of changes will occur to inject the nucleic acid into the cell. The nucleic acid has its own enzyme functions, which can be used The organelle synthesizes its own materials, and then uses the organelle to combine the capsid protein and nucleic acid into a complete virus particle. The reproduction process of viruses does not show any intelligence at all. All their activities are only the result of material changes, and there is no advanced consciousness activity. How can one understand the meaning of the word "virus" without intelligence, and the word virus is defined by humans. Without human intelligence and unable to connect with human beings, one will not know the meaning of the word.

Human beings have the ability to abstract the attributes of things. Because of this ability, humans can summarize and condense natural knowledge, thus forming human civilization. Human civilization is when humans use their creativity to learn from nature. All activities in which knowledge is applied to life practice, and all human creative activities are products of civilization. So far, only humans have reached this point on earth. Even animals with higher IQs such as dolphins, octopuses, whales, and primates do not have these creative abilities. They lack the ability to use nature to transform it, and they cannot abstract the attributes of things. It turns into knowledge, vocabulary, and also possesses language. Although many animals can learn tongue and speak a few human words, they do not understand the meaning at all.

Viruses are the simplest type of biological structure, but they do not have independent biological functions. They can only reproduce normally if they enter cellular life forms. They are more like a kind of organism between life and non-life. Special substance groups, their activities may cause physiological dysfunction of cellular life forms, thereby causing diseases. They only have instincts but no intelligence.

Viruses are microorganisms. They have no thoughts and do not know that they are viruses. They only use external nutrients to reproduce themselves and have no intention of harming anyone? If you just want to survive simply, if the environment is good, reproduce more, if the environment is bad, reproduce less, and if the environment is "bad," you won't survive.

Of course not.

The current scientific definition of a virus may not even be considered a living thing.

So there must be no thought.

A bacterium is at least a cell, with a cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus.

But viruses do not have these. Viruses are just DNA or RNA. Viruses have no host, no activity, no metabolism, and no ability to reproduce.

Where does a DNA or RNA come from?

Just like you ask a stone if it knows it is a stone?

The protein derivatives on the surface of the virus specifically or non-specifically bind to the lipoproteins or glycoproteins on the cell membrane of the target cell. After binding, the protein derivatives of the virus open a certain signaling pathway and release channel proteins. Inhibit local inactivation of protein activity on the cell membrane surface of target cells and open transfer channels.

1. The virus comes into contact with normal cells, and then the outer shell of the virus fuses with the cell wall of the normal cell (with glycoprotein on it). Then the virus injects its genetic material into the normal cell and uses the normal cell's DNA inside. Replication by material (replication of genetic material and protein shell)

2. On the other hand, genetic material infiltrates into the target cell through the material transport channel of the target cell, and then integrates with the target cell DNA and replicates in the target cell The genetic material and protein shell are released when the cell dies and circulate again. Individual viruses can even enter cells through pinocytosis of target cells.

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Regarding the question of the subject, my answer is that viruses do not know that they are viruses. Let me talk about it from the following three aspects

1. The characteristics of self-awareness. The questioner asked whether he knows, etc. Only a creature with subjective consciousness can have such consciousness. For example, if a puppy is hungry and knows how to eat, it can think about whether its owner will give it dog food or rice (premise: (it has eaten them all), obviously, the virus is not thinking about three people here, which one should I infect.

2. Blind spot.

The thinking of "you know you are a virus" is even more advanced. It is so advanced that even we ourselves may not be able to understand it. Compared to the earth, which is riddled with holes by us, aren't we the virus on the earth? Self-understanding is difficult. Even humans cannot fully understand this problem, let alone viruses. Of course, those with great imagination can imagine that viruses are conscious and can think independently and attack humans, but even so, they will not think that they are viruses. On the contrary, we are.

3. Macro and micro. The virus is so small that we can’t even see it when we rub our eyes. It can kill people without being seen. If you don’t understand it, you are simply a devil. If this virus broke out 50 years ago in an era when medicine was underdeveloped, its power can be imagined. And know. From a macro perspective, this is also a stage that biological evolution must go through. Just like the plague in ancient times, with the increase in population and the decrease in the earth's resources, it seems that there is an invisible hand manipulating all this, which will lead to wars, plagues, natural disasters, etc. How to control the population within a certain range, have you thought of anything? Isn't this the same as Thanos' philosophy? It's just that now our national strength is stronger, our knowledge is richer, and we are able to resist some "invisible controls".

Therefore, it is not so much whether the virus knows that it is a virus, but rather that there may be a master behind the virus that we do not understand and is leading all of this.

The above is my opinion, welcome to discuss

The scientific name of the virus! The wisdom of viruses is to develop, prosper and perpetuate. The protein shell of the virus is equivalent to a spaceship. It will use the dynamics of air flow, tidal gravity and gravity to further find a breeding habitat, reproduce for many generations, and explore unknown areas again. Each infection carries original genetic characteristics, so the first Examples are important!

Viruses are not conscious. Viruses are just simple living organisms, containing only a protein coat and genetic material. At present, only humans have self-awareness in nature. The formation of self-awareness, that is, the cognition of "I", requires the support of an extremely complex nervous system, and such a complex system requires a large base of nerve cells (also called neurons) to be connected to each other. The structure of the connection between neurons is called a synapse, and the consciousness of "I" can be produced only by the cooperation of hundreds of millions of neurons. Viruses clearly do not have the conditions to produce consciousness.

The virus knows that not only is it not a virus, but it is the protector of the host. It is an arrangement of nature, warning creatures not to cross the boundary. When human behavior crosses the boundary, it passively becomes a human virus.