> From: zaimoni@ksu.edu
> > An epileptic fit is VERY orderly--on the EEG.  Normal consciousness and 
> > sleep have much less apparent order there.
> 
> My understanding is that an epileptic fit is caused by a chain
> reaction of neural firing which eventually culminates in a
> literal brain storm. What do you mean by "orderly"?
> --
> David McFadzean                 david@lucifer.com
> Memetic Engineer                http://www.lucifer.com/~david/
> Church of Virus                 http://www.lucifer.com/virus/
That's also true.
It happens that when you GRAPH that brain storm [the EEG], the result is 
clockwork: no static on the core pattern, no expertise required to 
identify the primary waveform, et. al.
The brain storm is so orderly that it cannot sustain normal perception or 
thought.
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