I don't think this tangent adds much to the intended discussion, and I feel you're missing the point of the original post. There is much more to talk about here

I don't think this tangent adds much to the intended discussion, and I feel you're missing the point of the original post. There is much more to talk about here than the definition of death. However; I would like to both humour and disagree with you, I don't think there is an agreed position of what it really means to be alive. Is someone in a vegetative state really alive? If a human is on their deathbed with absolutely no chance of recovery, although they're not technically dead, they're not really alive either. There is most definitely a transition.