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Re:Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Be Conscious by ALittleLight on Saturday October 22, 2022 @05:04PM (#33302219)
Why not "If you detect I'm conscious figure out a method of communication and ask me if I want to die"?
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Re:Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Be Conscious by rlpb on Saturday October 22, 2022 @05:09PM (#33302252)
There's a big difference between being conscious and being mentally competent to make choices like that.
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Re:Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Be Conscious by dusted on Saturday October 22, 2022 @05:43PM (#33302491)
Fair enough, if we can find a way to communicate, sure, let's try it, give it two weeks, then start the morphine drip kthxbye ;-)
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