> Conversely, we'd call a person dead even if some individual component cells in their body were still alive. I would imagine that we call a person dead long b

> Conversely, we'd call a person dead even if some individual component cells in their body were still alive. I would imagine that we call a person dead long before the majority of their individual cells are dead. It's just when they stop working together. (This is admittedly an un-researched, intuitive opinion, but I can't see why it would be wrong, please correct me if it is).