Fingernails and hair grow for a time after death.
Apparently consciousness, too, continues for a time in a fashion which is currently not understood. (HT: Instapundit.)
While there are spiritual and theological implications, the first conclusions my mind jumped to did not survive afterthoughts.
There are also implications for humane ways of execution and suicide. Perhaps, if there indeed is an as-yet-not-understood mode of consciousness, there are implications for abortion.
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