# People in vegetative states

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-vegetative-states/605154>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 5, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-vegetative-states/605154 "2011-12-05T19:02:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-vegetative-states/605154/21 "2011-12-14T19:15:00Z")

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[Here](http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_nature/2005/06/blind_mans_love.html) is a good write up of the supposed video of Terri following a balloon and responding to her mother. The clips were taken from four-plus hours of video where Terri did not respond to very much of anything.

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