I know the human body and organs begin to break down, but if we could restore them everytime we get too old, like the elasticity in our skin gets restored and the organs and all the cells regenerate to the quality they are when we are in our 20's, over and over, would our Brains be okay if we didn't do anything to them, or Do brains die like organs?
2007-07-21 18:04:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
i dont know but look it up man
2007-07-21 18:08:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing happens to your mind when you die.
I think that you and many of those answering may be confusing mind with brain. Your brain is an amazing organ it controls our muscles, respiration, pulmonary function and a host of other lesser known functions, but it does not think.
Thought is a function of mind that exists independent of anything physical. What appears to be the brain thinking in brain function imaging and other brain measuring attempts is only blood flow being measured to the part of the brain that acts as an interface between the mind and the body. This is the secondary function of the brain after regulating bodily functions. It acts as the interface, or the mind body connection.
Without it there would be no way for the nonphysical mind to exert any control over the physical body.
It is interesting that science has done its best to overlook this fact for so long. The silly idea that thought is some magical function of some mysterious electrochemical reaction is so vague as to be hilarious. There are several ways to disprove this theory beyond any shadow of a doubt.
Being nonphysical in source your mind is in no way effected by the death of the body and loss of the mind body interface, or brain.
Love and blessings.
don
2007-07-22 08:42:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, brains stop growing and they don't regenerate. Millions of brain cells die every day. Alcohol, drugs, smoke, pollution all exacerbate this process, but they will die anyway. So eventually the brain would cease to function, at which point everything else would break down.
2007-07-22 01:14:29 · answer #3 · answered by Dr Know It All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At 51, I assure you my brain is breaking down.
I know more than I ever have but can not call it up at will.
My friends & I laugh about the things we can not remember like the soda dowmstairsthat I left on the counter, while at the same time remembering crazy things like the Statue of Liberty's height, or a phone number of my Mom (she has been dead for 11 yrs). A body we can repair does not help until the can stop the memory breakdown & that is ignoring the worse cases like dementia & alsheimers
2007-07-22 01:12:52 · answer #4 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem would be solving how to keep the DNA from unraveling and forgetting how to be the special kind of cell that it is. I have hair growing in my ears now because they have forgotten that they are ear cells. It is harder to be an ear cell than a hair cell, so they forget and do not do their special work anymore. I think all the cells have this problem except for the germ cells. Someone correct me on this? Also, forever is a long time and energy itself will someday stand still. Immortality, again,? Carpe diem.
2007-07-22 01:17:02 · answer #5 · answered by Sowcratees 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, but even more so. In a mature brain, when a neuron (a brain cell) dies it is gone forever without replacement. That's why many drugs, but alcohol especially is such a killer. It destroys brain cells which DO NOT replenish. They're just dead. Brain trauma, strokes, oxygen poor blood or poor circulation, many things destroy neurons and eventually in old age (for most people) this results in various types of senility.
Don't even wanna think about Alzheimer's, truly sad.
2007-07-22 01:16:11 · answer #6 · answered by Dr Awkward 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The brain defiantly degenerates.
In fact the brain is often the cause of aging.
When I was in nursing school I remember learning that if all people lived long enough they would eventually have parkinsons disease.
The brain has strokes.....memories fade as we age. And the short term memory is definatly something that happens to all of us.
Brain tumors invade brains without warning.
2007-07-22 05:17:16 · answer #7 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My father in -law 96 years old ,has a sharp mind like 25 years old, his eyes weaken he can not see very well and he is deaf. I think there is some truth on what you said, that our brain will be alright if we take care of it. Like not drinking booze and taking street drugs.
2007-07-22 01:17:03 · answer #8 · answered by Vannili 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont think so...isnt that why old people develop Alzheimers and are really forgetful?...i read somewhere that your brain loses 1 gram of brain cells every year from your 18th year (approx)
2007-07-22 03:10:19 · answer #9 · answered by Spiderpig 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I might never know . . I haven't found mine since the day I was married.
2007-07-22 01:12:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋