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How do you know that a human with all neural inputs to their brain disconnected wouldn't also do nothing?

Indeed, as I recall, it's one of the commonly reported experiences in sensory deprivation tanks - at some point people just "stop thinking" and lose sense of time. And yet the brain still has sensory inputs from the rest of the body in this scenario.



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