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Re:The Popularity of Near-Death Experience by anonemouse145 on Friday February 02, 2018 @03:45PM (#16294066)
1) Hacker News?

2) You can reliably induce near death experiences with high g-forces and drugs, for instance the experiences commonly happen to fighter pilots during training when they are subjected to high g forces in training.

The reason for the white light and tunnel and floating above your body, is that's how the brain shuts down due to loss of blood. We know this now. No need to speculate. "Hell" is a less common motif, because that's a less common brain state under those circumstances.

Next mystery, please.

Re:The Popularity of Near-Death Experience by babygoat on Saturday February 03, 2018 @10:44AM (#16298013)
The brain shutting down due to loss of blood is the same as dying. That tells us nothing about why it is experienced as such.