In this case,Zac Stayton says, the flies and beetles drawn to the plant are the victims of a vegetative con game.

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This might be a persistent vegetative state with no possibility of turning it on, even in principle.

这可能是个持续性植物状态,即便原则上，都没有可能重启开关。

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There we are in Phase D,in something like, perhaps,persistent vegetative state.

这就是D阶段，可以叫做，持续植物人状态。

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