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Ep46 "Who says you're dead?"

Ep46 "Who says you're dead?"

FromInner Cosmos with David Eagleman


Ep46 "Who says you're dead?"

FromInner Cosmos with David Eagleman

ratings:
Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Feb 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Can a person be declared legally dead even though he is very much alive? In December of 2010, why did a number of families choose to pull their loved ones off life support just before the new year? How do doctors decide when you've died, and how is it different from how lawyers decide? How is death a process rather than an event? What does any of this have to do with getting buried alive, your family's religious beliefs, or whether a head stays alive after the guillotine? Join Eagleman and guest Jacob Appel, an emergency room psychiatrist and head of ethics, for an episode about the science and the questions about death -- including who's domain it is to call it, and where this is all heading.
Released:
Feb 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (63)

Neuroscientist and author David Eagleman discusses how our brain interprets the world and what that means for us. Through storytelling, research, interviews, and experiments, David Eagleman tackles wild questions that illuminate new facets of our lives and our realities.