The structures in the brain which would underwrite the ability to engage in P-functioning, they're not destroyed by suspended animation.

存在于大脑中的,能够支持人格功能的结构，并没有被假死状态所破坏。

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But thinking about suspended animation suggests that we may actually need a third category, suspended-- neither alive nor dead.

但是说到假死状态,我们就需要第三种可能了-,既不是死亡也不是生存。

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If there are three possibilities--dead, alive, or suspended-- to be dead, we could still say you've got to be broken, incapable of P-functioning.

如果有三种可能，生存，死亡或者假死-,要死亡的话，你必须是被破坏的状态，无法拥有人格功能性。

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Suppose we put somebody in a state of suspended animation, cool their body down so that the various metabolic processes come to an end.

假设我们让某人,进入假死状态，将他们的身体降温,所有的代谢过程都停止。

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So we need some account to distinguish between suspended animation and out and out being alive.

我们必须用一种说法,将假死状态和非存活状态区别开来。

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Larry And now, suppose we take Larry and put him in a state of suspended animation.

假设我们让,进入假死状态。

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It's not clear what's the right or best thing to say about suspended animation.

正确的关于假死状态的说法,并不明确。

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Suspended isn't broken. It's just suspended.

假死状态并没有被破坏什么，只是暂停。

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As I'm sure you know, we're able, with various lower organisms, to put them in a state of suspended animation and then, the amazing thing is, if you heat them back up again properly, they start functioning again.

我想你们一定知道，我们能够使各种低等生物，进入假死状态,而后令人称奇的是，如果将它们正确地重新升温，它们又会重新恢复功能。

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