Charles Stross quote: First and most importantly, death is just the absence of life—oh, and for human beings, the absence of consciousness, too, ...

First and most importantly, death is just the absence of life—oh, and for human beings, the absence of consciousness, too, but not just the absence of consciousness, the absence of the capacity for consciousness.

~ Charles Stross ~

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