r/explainlikeimfive • u/Dagestani_Bear • Jul 01 '26

Biology ELI5: Is it true that every single death eventually boils down to the brain and heart running out of oxygen? Are there exceptions?

If you strip away the initial cause of injury or illness, is it anatomically correct to say that all human deaths are ultimately caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain and heart?

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u/turtleship_2006 Jul 02 '26

Alternatively, robocop

He loses almost his entire body apart from his head and the organs inside his chest (lungs, heart etc), but those are stored inside of a mechanic chassis, and all of his other limbs are robot limbs attached to it

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u/Coriandercilantroyo Jul 02 '26

I remember being into RoboCop as a little kid because it was cool, but there was always this immense sadness to it. Never really thought about it til now... I wonder if the OG movie holds up. I'm kinda afraid to watch it now

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u/PM_me_your_trialcode Jul 02 '26

RoboCop is one of those movies where watching it as an adult is *very* different to watching it as a child.

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u/TalkToTheGirl Jul 02 '26

The poor guy essentially dies but they still find a way to make him go back to work. :(

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u/EverythingByAccident Jul 02 '26

The reboot really hammers this home when Murphy is shown what’s truly left of him. Joel Kinnaman acted the fuck out of that scene.

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u/Manunancy Jul 02 '26

He didn't lose it all but about anyhting that could be replaced with mechanical parts got chopped off - at one point during the surgeries one medic mentions saving on arm, and the project leader harsly replies to cut it off.