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My understanding is that after a few minutes without oxygen, the chemistry inside your brain is "fucked up" and even if you get oxygen back it's gone, you're al
by DontBreakAlex 6mo ago
My understanding is that after a few minutes without oxygen, the chemistry inside your brain is "fucked up" and even if you get oxygen back it's gone, you're already a vegetable. I like to think that "the state of the machine is gone" but I'm not a doctor
- wanoir 6mo ago> even if you get oxygen back it's gone, you're already a vegetable I think that's the part that might get people though. Since a comatose brain is not necessarily fully gone So I guess the question is what differentiates a comatose brain from one that is no longer capable of consciousness?