Notes from the underground
Updated 7 November 2025
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A collection of philosophy links around the web.
24. Awake or Knocked Out? The Line Gets Blurrier (2012)
A lot has been learned about the boundary between being awake and alert and being unconscious since ether was used in 1846 for a patient in surgery.
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