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Re:International Study Detects Consciousness in Unresponsive... by stevenwoo on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @08:51PM (#41252202)
There’s a book and movie adaptation of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, written by a guy who was awake and mostly paralyzed but worked out how to communicate by blinking his eyes.
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Re:International Study Detects Consciousness in Unresponsive... by amy-petrik-214 on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @09:58PM (#41252501)
there's a great audiovisual piece called "One" by the moviesong band "Metallica" about the song is about a guy who blinks in morse code, "kill me" because he has locked in syndrome and all he can do is blink
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Re:International Study Detects Consciousness in Unresponsive... by chrisweekly on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @10:06PM (#41252531)
based on the book "Johnny Got His Gun", IIRC
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