"There's another distinction. Had it not been for tv, we would not have been able to see Terri move her head, or follow the balloon with her eyes. We got to see something with our own eyes."
Her state of being is undeniably debatable. But, 2 minutes of highly edited video out of 4 hours is hardly enough to make a resonable decision about her abilities.
It's like you smash your finger and there's a reaction. I can't tell what you feel only you can. If the uppper part of your brain is gone, as the evidences suggest in Terri's case, it's purely a reflexive reaction and there is no way to tell if she actally "felt" it without other information.
It comes down to was there a cause and effect or was the response merely associative...a coincidence...or the body reacting without any cognition?
What to do when opinions vary?
Smartaleck,
Would you be interested in helping Mae from being starved to death in Georgia?