> I personally know if my odds of waking up brain dead from a procedure were 50-50%, I wouldn't take that risk.
You would accept guaranteed death to avoid a 50% chance of brain death? That’s not necessarily an inconsistent preference, but it’s a highly unusual one.
The poster's point would've made more sense, I think, if they'd used "significant cognitive impairment" instead of brain death.
Being left in a permanent state where I'd be conscious enough to want to die, but not be able to legally access that option, is a scary thought. I'd rather not live in a nursing home bed for fifty years.
You would accept guaranteed death to avoid a 50% chance of brain death? That’s not necessarily an inconsistent preference, but it’s a highly unusual one.