David Bianculli: Most zombies portrayed are slow moving, dimwitted and tired. He says the restoration of life in these movies is possible, but it's a lesser version of what it was before they got dead. BiancullI: Is there some in your organs and in the brain that can work fully or can there be? Biancullis: If we don't want them to have work, because what's the point?
Can we bring people back from the dead? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice discuss restoring dead cells, the nature of consciousness, Frankenstein's monster, zombies, and more with neuroscientist, David Andrijevic and consciousness expert, George Mashour.
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