[krisoft]

> Most of our organs don't/can't self repair

That is not true. Bones heal, muscles heal, nerves grow back under some circumstances, the central nervous system compensates, every tissue fights infections and works hard to get rid of toxins where it can. These are all cases of self-repair.

Yeah some of these processes result in scarring, some of the time. That doesn’t mean it is not self repairing. In fact it is the result of the self repair!

Sorry that I jump on this, but it is incredible that we are all these advanced, beatifull, self-repairing “meat robots” and the processes work so smooth that someone doesn’t even notice all the self repairing which goes on inside their own body.

If you are wondering how an organ which stops self repairing looks like buy some meat, any meat, from a butcher and put it on your kitchen counter. It will within days start to smell bad, grow mould, liquify and eventually insects and magots will carry it away bite by tiny bite. It happens with the meat because it stopped self-repairing. It doesn’t happen with your flesh because it is constantly self-repairing.

[misthop]

Saying many of our bits at the macro level can't repair themselves is a recognition of our biology and that state of medical science. It doesn't take away from the fact that life is amazing

Yes, under a strict definition those are organs. But under the more common usage "a part of an organism that is typically self-contained and has a specific vital function, such as the heart or liver in humans." [1] they are not.

As for the last paragraph, I don't agree "self repairing" and "alive" are the same

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=organ+definition