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Article #5954Re: "Near Proof for Near-Death?"
From: Ian Goddard
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 02:30
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 02:30
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Kevin D. Quitt <Kevin@Quitt.net> wrote: >>"NO MEDICAL EXPLANATION" FOR NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES > >So that is the complete list of medical explanations? Somehow I think not. I >also rather expect the research team didn't say "NO MEDICAL EXPLANATION". IAN: It does seem the headline is quoting someone. The Washington Post article quoted Bruce Greyson, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia, saying: "Brain chemistry does not explain these phenomena ... I don't know what the explanation is, but our current understanding of brain chemistry falls short." Close. The Post article states: "Most patients had excellent recall of the events, he added, which undermined the theory that the memories were false." Well, if that which is remembered occurred when the brain was not functioning, how did the experience become encoded in the brain? The easier explanation seems be that the fact that the recall of the experience exists in the brain means the experience was in the brain. http://IanGoddard.net "To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals." Benjamin Franklin
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1045ed,d7d60c28eab87be X-Google-Attributes: gid1045ed,public X-Google-Thread: f88c3,d7d60c28eab87be X-Google-Attributes: gidf88c3,public X-Google-Thread: f44bc,d7d60c28eab87be X-Google-Attributes: gidf44bc,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-17 18:28:02 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail From: igoddard@erols.mom (Ian Goddard) Newsgroups: sci.skeptic,alt.consciousness.mysticism,bionet.neuroscience Subject: Re: "Near Proof for Near-Death?" Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 02:30:42 GMT Organization: IanGoddard.net Lines: 29 Message-ID: <3c1ea6d7.18892883@news.erols.com> References: <3c1e54cd.44797375@news.erols.com> <62C994DA3C29CD92.4F294D6DFAEA6CF2.731CDBC0118B6411@lp.airnews.net> X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVYPtqA9C6KQxvekWPN44oKRDvTTOwuGulgFjUzOKcdo0xk3ZiCKdVxj X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Dec 2001 02:27:28 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235