When you anesthetize someone, they can no longer feel pain. There's a lot of their body that has shut down. Other parts still work. So how is it that your anesthesia can do what the suite of things you needed to do, but not shut down George's organs? "I would agree that consciousness is not going to be found at an individual cellular level"
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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