FTA: “When is exactly the time when we die? We may have tapped the door open now to start a discussion about that exact time onset”

They must not have been paying attention during their studies. That discussion has certainly been going on ever since we managed to restart a human’s heartbeat. Philosophers likely have discussed it for centuries, if not millennia, before that.

Modern medicine definitely doesn’t use “has no heartbeat == is dead”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_death#Medical_declaratio... adds “irreversible” to the definition:

“Two categories of legal death are death determined by irreversible cessation of heartbeat (cardiopulmonary death), and death determined by irreversible cessation of functions of the brain (brain death)”

(And, of course, “irreversible” changes as science progresses)

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IshKebab 3 days ago | parent [-]

Also the question is incorrect. There isn't an exact time when someone dies.

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netdevphoenix 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Given that we don't really have a precise definition of "alive", it should not be surprising that we are unable to tell the precise moment a person dies.

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lelag 3 days ago | parent [-]

Miracle Max gave us a clear definition if I recall, you die when you are "all dead", as long as you are mostly dead, you are slightly alive...

I'll let myself out now.

	▲	mr_toad 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		“ If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet's Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night, in an easterly wind, upon his own ramparts, than there would be in any other middle-aged gentleman rashly turning out after dark “

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jimmaswell 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Relevant: https://youtu.be/ibpdNqrtar0

	▲	ankitg12 a day ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks for sharing the link. It was as scientific as philosophical.