• ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    The fact that there is no discernable difference between an alive body or a dead body when it comes to chemical makeup.

    All the pieces are there. All the atoms and molecules are still in the same places. Yet despite this the body is still dead.

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      48 minutes ago

      To be fair, a perfectly fine but dead body is impossible to observe since the process of dying is usually the result or accumulation of injuries or disfunctions. For this experiment you either have to kill somebody without altering their body in the slightest or instantly conjure a perfectly intact body without any life in it.

    • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
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      9 hours ago

      When you say “All the atoms and molecules are still in the same places”, I can’t say I agree. It is the change of chemical composition that renders our body dead. Or should I say, death is defined to be such a chemical composition.