Reply #58: Brain damage is usually critical

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Even in limited damage there is a low chance of the brain overcoming the injury. The brain can sometimes manage to reconnect to critical portions of itself. But this is difficult.

But no matter the difficulty it requires brain to reconnect to. If the damage is too severe and too large then there simply is no way for it to reconnect to.

This is exactly the situation in Terri's case. Her damage has been so damaged that even if a miraculous amount of growth occurred in her brain there is nothing for it to reconnect to. 90% of her cerebral cortex has rotted away. It has been replaced by spinal fluid. There is nothing of the person left. There is no where near enough brain left to create a mind.

People keep trying to compare the external symptoms of this case to other cases with similar external symptoms. It does not bear comparison. The actuallity of the matter is drastically different in most cases. Various different forms of damage can lead to very similar external symptoms. The symptoms alone are insufficient to diagnose the situation. Particularly for ametuer armchair doctors.