Originally posted by Mountain Man
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The only element I am comparing here is presence or absence of consciousness. And in that element the two cases are symmetric. In the dying person, the brain and consciousness are collapsing. In the fetus, they are building and forming. At some point in the brain dead person we went from functioning, conscious brain to a deteriorating body without a consciousness. In a fetus we go from a developing body without a consciousness to having consciousness.
That is the symmetry that is being discussed and compared.
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