Recovery from vegetative state ...

Here's another case of a recovered "vegetable." Imagine if you knew that people thought you were dead - but you weren't.

By the way, Harvard materialist cognitive scientist Steve Pinker wonders whether

Would it be consistent with our moral principles to give parents the option of euthanizing newborns with birth defects that would consign them to a life of pain and disability?

A friend points me to Life Without Limbs for a reality check. Here's the audio file.