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bitmasher9today at 2:17 PM1 replyview on HN

What an interesting take. I was imagining how precious one last conversation with a loved one would be.


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dwrobertstoday at 2:46 PM

Yeah well I was imagining how medical ethics work with respect to putting patients through unnecessary suffering. Temporarily restoring someone’s lucidity with the knowledge they will lose it again (having already suffered the progression of the disease the first time) is more helpful to you than it is to them