We know the brain controls everything in your body. If the brain dies, everything in your body stops. So what is this ephemeral state where the brain is "dead" yet everything in the body continues to work?
...not brain death? If your body can function without external support, it's not brain death, it's a coma or vegetative state. Did you just forget that life support is a thing? It's half the reason why we needed to get more precise about the definition of death in the first place.
...not brain death? If your body can function without external support, it's not brain death, it's a coma or vegetative state. Did you just forget that life support is a thing? It's half the reason why we needed to get more precise about the definition of death in the first place.