Really interesting article at the New Scientist: Death Special: How does it feel to die?
Death comes in many guises, but one way or another it is usually a lack of oxygen to the brain that delivers the coup de grâce. Whether as a result of a heart attack, drowning or suffocation, for example, people ultimately die because their neurons are deprived of oxygen, leading to cessation of electrical activity in the brain - the modern definition of biological death.The article goes on to discuss death by drowning, heart attack, bleeding, fire, decaptitation, electrocution, falling, hanging, lethal injection and my personal favorite, explosive decompression. Enjoy.
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Stop it. I'm beginning to think I may be the world's oldest progressive blogger and this post scared the crap out of me. You wouldn't want to have a role in my demise on your hands right? Keep writing about the dopey neocons, outrageous social injustice and superficial politicians. No more death stuff. OK? Please and thank you.
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