Death is binary. Something is alive and then it’s dead. On. Off. One. Zero. On the blank scientific face of it, there’s not much more to say about the subject. But we know that’s not true because, well, of course there is more to say. Since life complicates death and vice versa, it’s difficult to reduce it to so simple a calculation. There’s the past and the future to consider too. It’s complicated.
Take for example, the death of Fidel Castro. I’ll step lightly here, but from my understanding — and the basic math of it — Castro was responsible for a lot of pain and anguish.