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RandomLensman • yesterday at 6:43 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I reckon there would probably still be some if else system going on the body of a newly dead person.


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kylecazar • today at 12:35 AM

Not parent, but since we discussed in the other thread -- yeah, I think that's a good example of your observation that "intelligence" is broad and means different things depending on the context.

Cognitive intelligence in parent's example dies with you. It's gone. But a molecular biologist might say the cells of your corpse exhibit intelligence for some time after. They die gradually, and they do so according to a script of sorts.