What is the scientifical explanation of death?

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The discussion centers on the scientific explanation of death, emphasizing that all deaths result from a lack of oxygen to the brain. This leads to a broader existential question about the purpose of life if death is inevitable. The conversation suggests that meaning is subjective and derived from individual experiences, unless influenced by religious beliefs that propose an afterlife. The dialogue also touches on the idea that even extreme actions, like self-detonation, ultimately lead to the same conclusion: death. The conversation dismisses philosophical musings in favor of a straightforward scientific perspective on mortality.
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what is the scientifical (phycisistic) explanation of death?

and what's the point in doing anything if we're just going to die?

please, keep it short/simple, couse my head aches, and my english sucks..
 
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All deaths (100%) have the same cause: lack of oxygen to the brain.


There is no point to doing anything except what you make of it. (Unless you have religious beliefs, in which case, and eternity of fire and brimstone or somesuch should make a good motivator.)
 
DaveC426913 said:
All deaths (100%) have the same cause: lack of oxygen to the brain.

even if you strap yourself with 500 kilos of dynamite and blow it up? and what if you actually pump oxygen into your brain, and die because of that?
 
This isn't philosophy.
 

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