Re: Saving Throws

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:28:49 GMT, "Michael Scott Brown"
<mistermichael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> scribed into the ether:

>"Matt Frisch" <matuse73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:9mvki1h5ejps03r60g20uvqp5ieq5sgic5@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Ever had your alarm clock or a ringing telephone become a part of a dream,
>> then you wake up to realize that it is really happening? Your sleeping
>> brain perceives much of the real world. An unconcious one does not.
>
> And yet, rather than hearing the phone and answering it (the conscious
>response), instead you DREAM ABOUT THE RINGING PHONE, while remaining
>completely insensate and unable to exert any volition whastover.

Except that it does wake you. Try waking an unconcious person with an alarm
clock. Bring a book to pass the time, and some ear plugs so you don't go
insane.

> THIS IS NOT CONSCIOUSNESS

No, but it is also not unconcious.

Both are not-concious, but that doesn't make them the same.
.

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