5 Reasons Near-Death Experiences Are REAL
:Consciousness Survives Death.
There are 5 aspects of the near-death experience and the accompanying out-of-body experience (OBE) that are intriguing for three reasons: 1) These experiences are common to most who have gone through the process of dying (as defined by the brain's lack of activity) 2) They are so specific and 3) the reported details are exactly what you would expect if consciousness is not an emergent property of the brain, but separate from the brain.
Near-death experiences are controversial because they are so subjective and one must accept NDE stories without evidence. This is generally not acceptable to a scientist.
The hypothesis that consciousness is not dependent on the brain has been put forth for centuries, but here I argue that this hypothesis makes predictions that are witnessed in the shared experiences of NDEs. This does not just support NDEs as a phenomenon that is worthy of scientific study, but also suggests that what near-death experiencers report are grounded in reality, and not just hallucinations.
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