TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoWhat scientific fact blows your mind the most?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down11
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareWhat scientific fact blows your mind the most?TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·9 hours agoThe 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.
minus-squareteije9@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 minutes agoyes, the same atoms are still there, but all the chemical processes in our body have stopped.
minus-squareCarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·8 hours agoWhen 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.
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.
yes, the same atoms are still there, but all the chemical processes in our body have stopped.
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.