/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.1805822]

Atoms are made up of molecules. We humans are made up of atoms. Why is it that if I chop off my hand my body is still alive and my hand becomes dead if they're both made up of the same thing, molecules? IT'S ALL JUST FUCKING MOLECULES MAN. FUCKING MOLECULES

[Anonymous No.1805829]

Because you are severing the connection between molecules when you chop off your hand.

[Anonymous No.1805838]

>Atoms are made up of molecules.
OP go back to middle school

[Anonymous No.1805839]

atoms ->molecules ->cells ->organs ->organ system->organism, OP get ya ducks in a row :D

[Anonymous No.1805848]

>>1805839

Yes.

Also, chemical bonds.

[Anonymous No.1805857]

>>1805822
Troll much?

[Filenamefag !gzv4si5.ww No.1805869]

>>1805822
Well, technically, the cells in your had would still be alive. Your thumb would probably clench over because the muscles there would still be 'alive'. Alive is a tricky word. If I had to draw a definite line, I'd say something is no longer alive when it it no longer self-repairing. To go even deeper, think about when exactly consciousness ends. How few synapses can you have functioning, as you lay dying, before your consciousness dissolves to nothing? What effect would the rush of endorphins have upon your perception of this final lose of consciousness? Many questions, few answers (except, you know, you die in the end. That's an answer).

[Filenamefag !gzv4si5.ww No.1805879]

>>1805869
*hand not 'had'

[Anonymous No.1805925]

consciously functioning and containing energy are two very very different things