Even the notion of information is parcipitory. Last night, I was thinking about a novel written, I think, in the 1890's. The plot centers around a large ocean liner named the Titan who sinks on her maiden voyage. Interesting in light of your view. I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here.
Viruses lack an important property which all other organisms have, namely self-production.
What happens when we look at organisms in a purely darwinian way is that we project a multi-dimensional being on a surface. Now, viruses are really nothing but shadows of other organisms. Therefore ordinary organisms and viruses appear identical when we only look at their shadows. Last night, I was thinking about a novel written, I think, in the 1890's. Interesting in light of your view.