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>From: chris@kbsw1 (Chris Kostanick 806 1044)
Subject: Re: On Study of Human Experiences and Introduction to Raja Yoga
Message-ID: <1992Jun24.144311.5284@kbsw1>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1992 14:43:11 GMT
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References: <1992Jun18.173600.22762@doc.ic.ac.uk> <9908@scott.ed.ac.uk>
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Keywords: Human experiences, foundations of science and religions, consciousness
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Not the best of sources, but The Reader's Digest had an article about
a guy that fell at a construction site and landed on a piece of rebar.
It went through his head. The problem was how to get him to the
hospital. They used a demolition saw to cut the rebar and transported
him and it (still in his head) to the hospital. The victim was
concious the entire time and said the worst bit was the vibration when
the saw was cutting the rebar. He survived and except for some
personality changes (moodiness and paranoia) was remarkably the
same. 

Does this count as losing large areas of the brain?

Chris Kostanick
"On some opponents a head shot is a waste of ammunition"



