Engber Page 5      2. The CNS orders the hand to point the          barrel of the gun toward the body.          Specifically, the gun should be aimed at          the sixth thoracic vertebra of the spinal          column*. Any higher would endanger the          body's life support system, and thus, the          CNS. While any lower might leave enough          mobility for the proprioceptors to exact          revenge.          (NOTE: While the command and resulting          hand motion can be performed quickly, the          proprioceptors will almost certainly send          an immediate alarm. The CNS should then          employ either or both of the following          strategies:              1) Selective Hearing, in which the CNS                  tunes out all proprioceptor comp-                  laints, and              2) Outright Denial, in which the CNS re-                   peatedly and unequivocally denies the                   existence of the gun. This last strategy                   has the potential to both stun and                   confuse the proprioceptors and so buy                   time to carry out the last command.)      3. The CNS should then use whatever method          it can -- threats, manipulation, exaggerations          of truth -- to overcome the proprioceptors          and force the distal and middle phalanges to          pull the trigger. At no point should the CNS          underestimate the strength of the proprio-          ceptors, which can be surprisingly formid-          able when attacked. Fortunately, though,          the CNS will have the advantage, possess-          ing extensive experience in dislodging          troublesome regimes. The gun so fired, the          bullet will sever the spinal chord, thus          rendering the proprioceptors impotent and          silent, the PP conflict over.