I mean no. But to decide what does mean you're technically dead depends on who …

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Are you technically dead if you hold in your breath?

Like are you dead while you hold your breath I always 🤔 wondered that

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@crazy_kat_lady

I mean no.

But to decide what does mean you're technically dead depends on who you ask.

Some would say it's your heart stopping. Others would say it's lack of brain activity. Still others would say that neither can be definitive, and there's some other indicator you'd have to look for.

and then there's the theory that you never truly die. Your soul just transfers to a new body (which would be reincarnation).

Personally, I'd go with brain activity. If there's no brain activity, there's no consciousness. there's no you. If you come back from that, then you came back from being dead. It happens, but not often.

@karanftw reply

Not sure about souls, but the same atoms that form our body eventually at some point will for another body . So in a certain sense we have never “died”. Basically it would boil down to if you replace all parts of the ship while it’s sailing does that mean it’s the same ship?