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Re:'Vegetative' patient communicates by rwallace on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @06:37PM (#4781250)
I've read some of the literature on sensory deprivation experiments, and... let's just say you are more of an optimist than I am.
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Re:'Vegetative' patient communicates by nsxwolf on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @09:22PM (#4781722)
What if they learn to meditate like a monk? Certainly there are people who can enter altered states of consciousness for extended periods who could perhaps tune out the torturous effects of any sensory deprivation.
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