Yeah, it's probably best not to think too much about it.
The situation came up in Terry Pratchett's Reaper Man. One of the wizards at the university died, but Death had been laid off, essentially, so the wizard just went on as a zombie. He realized he had to think about breathing, digesting, keeping his pulse going, and the rest of it. Not that it really mattered, but people thought it off-putting if he stood there looking completely dead.
LOL, being alive is such hard work!- guess it's a good reminder to be thankful for the things we DO have on auto pilot, and quit trying to manage the things we don't have control over anyway.
Reaper Man sounds like an interesting read though!
All of Pratchett is great. Smart, hilarious, irreverent. Reaper Man was the sequel to Mort, but you don't really have to read his stuff in order.
sounds like my kinda guy! Would love to get some one audio book to do work to, I used to fly through about 3-4 books a week that way at one of my old jobs
The audiobook to Monstrous Regiment was fantastic. The reader did such a great job with all the voices. It's how we discovered Pratchett.
NOTED! Can't wait to check it out!