The Guillotine. Most Humane Execution Method

Is it possible to live without a head? Some living beings have such a superpower. For example, a cockroach can go without its head for about three weeks. And a severed snake head can continue to function for about twelve hours. Scientists wondered how other animals react to decapitation. For example, mammals. Therefore, in twenty eleven, Dutch scientists decided to experiment on rats. To their great surprise, they really detected the animal’s brainwave activity after cutting off its head. This raises the question: does the same thing happen to a person? Of course, no such decapitation experiments were officially conducted on humans. But there are some recollections of eyewitnesses concerning guillotine executions. They can serve as an argument for the theory that the brain is capable of functioning even after death. In this video, we’ll try to figure out: what happens to a person during decapitation? Is a severed head capable of regaining consciousness? And most importantly, can a person survive decapitation?

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[TLOH]

As someone with a head, I found this kind of disturbing.

[ShadowKnuxVideos]

We were on some WILD shit back then. It's still crazy to me that people could pull up and just watch someone's head get chopped off.

[Ulaanbasaar]

Imagine seeing the head of a person on the ground, looking down. You say something and then it looks at you. That would be spine-chilling.

[jsoaps]

Imagine still being conscious and trying to breathe but cant.

[_Super_Hans_]

It's completely true that death is not instant, it's well known in the Middle East where they still practice beheadings regularly. I lived in Saudi Arabia for a year as a student, I saw a few videos where, after decapitation the camera would be pointed at their face and their eyes were looking around. I don't mean they were jolting around like an unconscious reflex, they were consciously looking around (probably thinking "omg did that just happen, why am I still alive"). What people forget is that even though the blood is instantly cut off, there is still blood and oxygen left in the brain and consciousness remains for 5 seconds at the very least, that's when the eyes stop moving anyway. Who knows how long the brain cells live long enough to keep thinking.

[synophi]

There were a few actual experiments with people who were to be executed by guillotine. The scientist asked the men before their executions if they would be willing to participate in the experiment, only having to blink after they were decapitated, as an answer to a "yes-no" question the scientist would be showing them. They were still conscious for a 20-40 seconds after decapitation, since the brain doesn't instantaneously shut down. If I remember correctly the names of the executed were to be written in history in exchange for participating in the experiment.

[michaelfornes]

I had a dream about being in a guillotine once. The worst part was that when my head fell, it hit nose first on the ground. My neck felt like a bad sunburn the whole way around. 5 seconds and the dream ended.

[theconqueringram]

A head transplant sounds like a real life body horror story.

[anasalvatore]

People would fight about who would be first to be executed because the blade would be so sharp at the first so you would feel almost nothing. After couple of people the blade would dull and then they would have to cut your head a couple of times to get it off. Gruesome.

[CheetoSenior]

The design is very human, we should bring back this only for politicians

[jonathanavelar]

I laughed when you included the doctor who said you could get your hand back but not your arms when just a few years ago they took the arms of vegetative state guy and put them on a conscious living human. And now he has arms he can use because his got torn up from an IED. Great research

[matthewrafaelechate]

After watching gore-related videos online, the worst is when beheading is not executed "well" like the head is still barely intact and the body of the victim still faught the sensation, the legs and arms are moving, the thought of someone feeling all that pain is beyond words..

[Mawds]

You're not losing your head, you are having your body chopped off.

[AVERYhornyMrDinosaur]

people are so surprised that despite a critical hit, your HP doesn't always instantly drop to zero.

[ryugar]

Imagine being a decapitated head who can look around but can't speak or scream....

[nebula]

My guess is true head transplants won't be widely available until medical nano-technology is perfected. Stitching together nerve fibers at that scale seems much more achievable for nano-bots than a human hand or clunky robotic arm.

[exa]

Thank you for the animations, I now am afraid of alive heads hunting me in my sleep

[OfficialSamuelC]

Interesting… given if your BP drops enough in a normal person, you lose consciousness immediately and faint because there’s not enough in the brain. Not sure how it would work in this case where there is almost zero pressure.

[tileux]

Charlotte Corday assassinated Marat. It was a CARPENTER who lifted her head and slapped her face - not the executioner, who was the famous hereditary executioner of Paris, Sanson. Sanson was so mortified by the incident that he published a written apology confirming the ‘slapper’ wasnt a member of the execution team but a carpenter employed to make repairs to the equipment. Thanks to Sanson the carpenter spent 3 months in prison.

Pretty sure that you can probably get this info from wikipedia if you bother to do some basic research.

And by the way, the incident is infamous because Corday’s face took on an angry expression AFTER she was slapped.

[rachelelabbady]

Imagine seeing yourself flying into the basket...there was a story i heard once about a car wreck where a survivor recounted that his friend was beheaded and he witnessed his friend looking around and seeing his own headless body and a look of horror came across his face then died....