We have tissues like the brain which are assembled to do functions that are different from any other groups of cells in the body.

像我们的脑组织,它们的功能,就截然不同于身体其他部分的细胞功能

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So now it's not just that the on-off switch is stuck in off, the brain's no longer capable of engaging in these higher order P-functions.

所以现在看来就不是开关被卡住，大脑已经不再有能力,实行这些高级的人格功能。

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These P functions are functions that we have by virtue of our brain.

我们依靠大脑才拥有这些能力

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