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Besides breathing and heartbeat and movement what are signs of life?

Posted - August 30, 2017

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  • 13071
    Living things grow and develop
    Living things develop offspring
    Living things require energy for daily activities
    Living things respond to stimuli
    Living things have levels of organization (for some) ;+
      August 30, 2017 12:52 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Nice list there, listy-one!


    You might like this list of 100 THINGS. 

      August 30, 2017 2:04 PM MDT
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  • 7939
    Brain activity. This one is really weird because most of the time, a person's brain shuts down before the other organs. That makes sense- the brain stops functioning and the rest of the body quits with it because there's nothing telling the body to breathe and pump blood. But, sometimes, the brain keeps going, even when there is no blood and oxygen going to it. Meaning, a person can be "dead," but still have a functioning brain for 30 minutes or so after death. Electrical impulses are also seen in the brains of babies as early as 5-6 weeks in development- yup- when a woman is less than two months pregnant. They say it's not consciousness or awareness, but it's not really explained what it is or what causes it. We only know that, in both these cases, the brain is doing something. It poses HUGE ethical considerations in terms of abortion legality, organ donation, and when to "shut off the machines" at someone's end of life. 


    For more reading, see:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/books/chapters/the-ethical-brain.html 
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4299628/Doctors-brain-activity-ten-minutes-death.html 
      August 30, 2017 1:40 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Yes.  Those answers to those questions are more than too much for a q & a site unless we care to add Quora Bag to the list of Mugger Accomplishments.   You brought up a lot of information.   I do think that we are always aware and present.  I think we can see everything when we are not in this body.  The more physical our being becomes as it develops, the more attached they become to the physical. 

    Therefore, when a young infant is born, they are ready to connect with other beings in this guise of human being.  But it also allows for the idea that abortion is not the evil curse that those who are against it may think.  I don't know how the unseen works, of course, but it stands to some reason that they can come back again.   If they are not allowed to be born in this lifetime, maybe that is part of their karma and the karma of the parents.  It is not an excuse to stop a life at all, but I think it is reasonable to consider this idea.



      August 30, 2017 2:11 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Ive heard that talking can be a signs of life with exceptions of course of ventriloquists dummies ,or when such ventriloquist has a saw froat ........:(
      August 30, 2017 1:45 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Well a ventriloquist has a saw froat he is not deathed. 
      August 30, 2017 2:16 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    That's just a mute point legally,I think........sometimes.   :)p
      September 3, 2017 10:46 AM MDT
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  • 7792
    Brain activity.
      August 30, 2017 1:49 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Okay.  That is definitely THE sign.
      August 30, 2017 2:06 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    Most life-forms don't have brains or don't breathe and don't have hearts.  They must consume some form of energy producing substance. Many do not grow or develop, but reproduce by splitting. All have DNA. I'm talking about Bacteria of  course. This post was edited by Element 99 at August 30, 2017 2:23 PM MDT
      August 30, 2017 2:21 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Eye movement
      August 30, 2017 2:41 PM MDT
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  • 7126
      August 31, 2017 2:57 AM MDT
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