SaveTheTuaHawk comments on Consciousness could last hours after ‘death’

Consciousness could last hours after ‘death’ (www.thetimes.com)

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The news was presented at the AAAS meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Anna Fowler presented a synthesis of dozens of studies on near-death experiences and neuroelectrical activity around cardiac arrest. - https://particle.news/story/aaas-presentation-argues-consciousness-may-persist-minutes-to-hours-after-clinical-death

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Sure, bring them back after they realize heaven and hell are bullshit.

Electrical activity in dead brains is just chemical potentials that take a while to break down. No one, ever, has actually come back from actual death.

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[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 8 points 8 months ago

As long as you keep moving the bar of actual death. Heart stop, 'brain death' people have come back from, rotting in the grave, not so much.

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