Article: Near-death experiences and brain activity

Mortymoose said:
Still does not explain them NDE folk who can accuratley tell you what was going on outside the operating theatre, in some documented cases in other rooms on a different floor of the hospital whilst they are "dead"
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Probably around the same amount of people who can give accurate descriptions of UFOs and their ships. The mind believes what it wants to believe.
 
Heh, humans. We know that people halucinate/have all kinds of funny experiences all the time due to some funny brain activity, it's a pretty common occurrence. So, if you experience something very strange and powerful that doesn't make sense, is it:

A) Your brain tricking you, which happens all the time, is well documented and explains everything perfectly.

B) Something not yet understood as you have some good reason to doubt option A

C) FUKKIN MAGIC, despite no evidence of it ever existing anywhere.

Totally C, of course.
 
Meh. Pseudoscience bunk. Was hoping for more effort and a better level of engagement than that hooey...
 
Mortymoose said:
Here is a starting link: http://www.near-death.com/evidence.html

I read a few books a few years back. About young kids that recalled past lifes, describing people and places accurately even though they had no ways of knowing such detail. Worldwide , there are just too many cases to dismiss them all....
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You know people make things up, right?
 
Either consciousness transcends death or people have been declared dead due to no brain activity, whilst they are actually still alive.

The following patient able to see when it's standard procedure to tape the eyes shut during surgery. Perhaps we have super built-in add-ons that are triggered during near death events. :D

http://hms.harvard.edu/news/harvard-medicine/sixth-sense
 
Jesus, being part of the Trinity and omniscient, knows when you are going to die; and, though you are close to pegging on that operating table, Jesus knows it is not yet your time, and thus will not let your soul escape early-like.
 
DJ... said:
Nobody doubts that to you it is a very real experience. Nobody is trying to discount that either. People are trying to understand it better, and all indications point to it being psychosomatic. The brain is an incredible piece of machinery and can absolutely manipulate the perception of what we experience...
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I do think people tend to embellish these stories, if not fabricate them entirely. Even then, I would be reluctant to call someone who is convinced they had an OBE a liar. Terms like selective memory and false memories spring to mind. Even memories from when we are conscious are subject to change as we remember and think about them. We tend to furnish our memories with our hopes, beliefs, prejudices, the interpretations of others and wishful thinking.

What I do find annoying is people who believe something, even something they believe they have experienced personally, who "don;t give a toss what the naysayers say, ". Is that supposed to be admirable?
 
When I was 8 I fell into a swimming pool, drowned and ''died''. I don't recall seeing anything except an utter ''blackout''. Fortunately my uncle was on hand to literally beat me black and blue until I regained consciousness.
 
thestaggy said:
When I was 8 I fell into a swimming pool, drowned and ''died''. I don't recall seeing anything except an utter ''blackout''. Fortunately my uncle was on hand to literally beat me black and blue until I regained consciousness.
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You are clearly predestined for hell. trident.gif
 
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