Article: Life after death

[rpm]

You can view the page at http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/content.php/5398-Life-after-death

 

[rpm]

Eban Alexander's quick trip to heaven started with a headache.

It was November 2008 and a rare bacterial meningitis was fast on its way to shutting down the University of Virginia neurosurgeon's neocortex --the part of the brain that deals with sensory perception and conscious thought.

 

[HapticSimian]

For balance, Sam Harris in response.

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Let me suggest that, whether or not heaven exists, Alexander sounds precisely how a scientist should not sound when he doesn’t know what he is talking about. And his article is not the sort of thing that the editors of a once-important magazine should publish if they hope to reclaim some measure of respect for their battered brand.

 

[porchrat]

Already a thread on it:

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...aven-A-doctor-s-experience-with-the-afterlife

The man is not behaving like a respected academic in a scientific field should be behaving. He has abandoned the scientific method and embraced making conclusions on unreliable anecdotal experiences.

 

[Nick333]

Ok, so you think you were in heaven. Fine, testify bro. Just don't sell your story as science. It's not and you should know better.