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How Dying Works

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The Complexity of Medical Science

The old mirror check mirror trick is still useful but only if the mouth is still moist if it's a dried mouth. The machines that can tell us whether someone is alive or not are more advanced than our machines that can Bring a person back from death. We've entered this really awkward period in human medical history where we have ways to sustain the body as well as bring people back from dead. Yes, you can mean but not necessarily the the Person depending on your definition of death.

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