# If I could take your brain and stick it in a pickle jar, would you still be conscious?

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**Created:** [November 30, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-take-your-brain-and-stick-it-in-a-pickle-jar-would-you-still-be-conscious/675143 "2013-11-30T17:17:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-take-your-brain-and-stick-it-in-a-pickle-jar-would-you-still-be-conscious/675143/21 "2013-12-02T21:37:50Z")

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I’ve had friends who got pretty pickled. Once they reached a certain threshold they lost consciousness. Pickled = potentially not concious - Ipso facto ergo sum fidelis.

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