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After death
- Thread starter Riders
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Presuming you aren't meaning some allegorical or metaphorical meaning of the term "death" - death in humans is quite literally defined as the cessation of all biological/vital functioning, including but not limited to the brain.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Nope. Dead is dead. But everything that made the brain is still there.
I Am Hugh
Researcher
For a very short while, apparently.
Death in the medical field is actually quite fuzzy. Even with the heart not beating (when ToD is called) a person is still alive for up to 4+ minutes post "death". As the brain starves of O2, it is still "functional".
Edit:
From JSTOR "Because death is a process in which brain func- tions are not lost simultaneously, he argues, life and death are mutually exclusive but not jointly exhaustive. Death is a fuzzy set that cannot be determined by a single criterion."
No. Deaths is a tricky one, used to be 'are they breathing ' 'is the heart beating' which caused problems when people were not actually dead but had function reduced. Only to spring back to life after being pronounced dead. Inthe 1960s, it was suggested that brain death should be the criteria which slowly became the standard.
So no, brains don't continue to work after death because death is defined as when the brain stops working.
Thought i understand there have beena few mistakes...
GoodAttention
Well-Known Member
You are talking about brain death specifically, meaning there is no discernible electrical activity but the brain is still being perfused by the heart. A person who is brain dead can be kept alive for organ transplantation.
Time of death is when there is no electrical activity in the heart, meaning the body, including the brain, cannot survive.
The brain can't survive for long without receiving oxygen through the blood vessels. And for that, the lungs and the heart have to be at least somewhat functional.
So, short answer: No.
Slightly longer answer: Yes, but only for a few minutes until it dies from asphyxiation.
That, of course, assuming that the brain wasn't previously damaged. It is possible to die from brain disfunction, although that is probably rare.
So, short answer: No.
Slightly longer answer: Yes, but only for a few minutes until it dies from asphyxiation.
That, of course, assuming that the brain wasn't previously damaged. It is possible to die from brain disfunction, although that is probably rare.
GoodAttention
Well-Known Member
Technically not dead.
Death is only certified in a brain dead person once life support is removed and/or the heart fails from lack of oxygen.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
And in a jar!
No. But our astral body experiences the astral planes without the physical brain.
Balthazzar
N. Germanic Descent
I'll presume no, not for very long if at all. I have seen cartoons with brains in a container being kept alive for the intelligence, but I don't know if that's possible ... yet. I'm sure it's being researched ... somewhere ... for whatever reason ... quest for eternal life ... Does anyone truly think that eternal life without a recycle (as a new creation) would be worth living? Sounds a lot like hell to me, even in heaven. But, I get bored easy, so maybe I'm an anomaly. What's worse than a nice day or age of rest after death? My brain being kept alive in a jar in a conscious state.
Hey, do you think they'll ever be able to change the brain programing like in the Matrix? What would the price point be for a good life? It's all about the money nowadays. Forget it! I'm too poor to pay rent, much less a brand new life worth living after this one. Nope, I'm banking on a good night's sleep and coming back up without recollection of any memory of my past lives. Hopefully karma plays well for me. I'm not a bad guy.
My question is what I might be after mother earth puts me through the re cycle. She recycles everything, ya know. We're bound here ... nothing we can do but try to make it better. Or not ... We can keep making it worse. That thought sucks, though. Why would anyone in their right mind decide to willfully make life worse? Oh, I know ... We're vindictive and bitter and jaded and we're always right. Yup, we're always right. Except when other people are wrong and think they're, but we're always right otherwise. Yup.
Yup.
Question: Do you really want to be alive after you die? Cabin fever gets the best of me in the winter. God ... Imagine not being brain dead in a casket. Geesh!
A fantasy life would be necessitated, and I don't know that I'm that creative. I might would pretend to be a Hmm ... I don't know what I'd pretend to be, but I guess I could change it up from time to time. As a matter fact, I could probably revolutionize my soul in the here and now, but like I said, I'm not that creative.
Hey, do you think they'll ever be able to change the brain programing like in the Matrix? What would the price point be for a good life? It's all about the money nowadays. Forget it! I'm too poor to pay rent, much less a brand new life worth living after this one. Nope, I'm banking on a good night's sleep and coming back up without recollection of any memory of my past lives. Hopefully karma plays well for me. I'm not a bad guy.
My question is what I might be after mother earth puts me through the re cycle. She recycles everything, ya know. We're bound here ... nothing we can do but try to make it better. Or not ... We can keep making it worse. That thought sucks, though. Why would anyone in their right mind decide to willfully make life worse? Oh, I know ... We're vindictive and bitter and jaded and we're always right. Yup, we're always right. Except when other people are wrong and think they're, but we're always right otherwise. Yup.
Yup.
Question: Do you really want to be alive after you die? Cabin fever gets the best of me in the winter. God ... Imagine not being brain dead in a casket. Geesh!
A fantasy life would be necessitated, and I don't know that I'm that creative. I might would pretend to be a Hmm ... I don't know what I'd pretend to be, but I guess I could change it up from time to time. As a matter fact, I could probably revolutionize my soul in the here and now, but like I said, I'm not that creative.