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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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[–] 9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

There are multiple ways to be "unconscious." Head trauma, sleep, general anesthesia, fainting, coma - for example.

The experience varies wildly: from absolute nothing under general anesthesia to extremely vivid stuff during sleep.

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