Comments on: ‘Comatose’ Man Was Actually Awake For 23 Years http://www.disinfo.com/2009/12/when-the-comatose-are-actually-awake/ alternative views, news & information—online, video and print Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:34:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tuna Ghost http://www.disinfo.com/2009/12/when-the-comatose-are-actually-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-3952 Tuna Ghost Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:29:09 +0000 http://www.disinfo.com/?p=17171#comment-3952 Cool, so Disinfo is hosting stories taken directly from my nightmares now, that's pretty awesome Cool, so Disinfo is hosting stories taken directly from my nightmares now, that's pretty awesome

]]> By: rubensni http://www.disinfo.com/2009/12/when-the-comatose-are-actually-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-3944 rubensni Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:14:47 +0000 http://www.disinfo.com/?p=17171#comment-3944 Xen is right. The guy was probably not conscious.<br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/05/bad-science-ben-goldacre-column" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/de...</a> Xen is right. The guy was probably not conscious.
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]]> By: xen http://www.disinfo.com/2009/12/when-the-comatose-are-actually-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-3939 xen Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:17:19 +0000 http://www.disinfo.com/?p=17171#comment-3939 One should read any of the follow-ups. He is likely not awake. He is probably the unconscious pawn of nurses who are manipulating his finger to touch type faster than most fully conscious and mobile people could. Assisted communication is little more than using a body as a Ouija board. Watch the videos. "He" is often "indicating" keys at which he is not looking and, after 23 years of a condition that would drive the most stable among us mad, is oddly lucid, composed, and poetic.<br><br><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/houben-communication/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/hoube...</a> One should read any of the follow-ups. He is likely not awake. He is probably the unconscious pawn of nurses who are manipulating his finger to touch type faster than most fully conscious and mobile people could. Assisted communication is little more than using a body as a Ouija board. Watch the videos. “He” is often “indicating” keys at which he is not looking and, after 23 years of a condition that would drive the most stable among us mad, is oddly lucid, composed, and poetic.

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]]> By: axii http://www.disinfo.com/2009/12/when-the-comatose-are-actually-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-3930 axii Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:52:26 +0000 http://www.disinfo.com/?p=17171#comment-3930 omg!!! 23 years, it is so long time. omg!!! 23 years, it is so long time.

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