But if death means permanent cessation of P-functioning, then it turns out the dead weren't really dead after all.

但如果死亡指的是人格功能性的永久停止，那就说明死者并非死去。

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Turns out it was dead.

后来我发现那乌龟是死的。

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Turns out, a lady who'd parked her car right next to mine after I was asleep had called the cops on me because she thought I was dead.

后来才知道有个女停车时发现了我，她马上报了警因为她以为我死了。

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But if death means permanent cessation of P-functioning, then it turns out the dead weren't really dead after all.

但如果死亡指的是人格功能性的永久停止，那就说明死者并非死去。

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So it turns out that during that period in which they were dead, they were only temporarily not P-functioning.

那么在他们死去的那段时间，他们只是暂时没有人格功能性。

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