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Re:Brain activity of dying people shows signs of near-death ... by Moneyyyyy on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:06PM (#35793368)
Why do we clinge on this type of ideas?

It's an EEG not a super high resolution device.

Yes our brain does stuff at the edge of breaking. EEG changes somehow when we put ourself under anesthesia . Still we don't really get it.

And weirdly enough comments here go into afterlife and other esoteric stuff.

We know enough about our brain that we know we are our brain...

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Re:Brain activity of dying people shows signs of near-death ... by akomtu on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @09:38PM (#35796642)
We've just discovered that most of the world is made of "dark" matter of unknown origin. Clearly, what we know is just a thin layer of reality. And even about this thin layer we know very little.
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Re:Brain activity of dying people shows signs of near-death ... by Moneyyyyy on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @02:42AM (#35798880)
Yes there are clearly real magic questions like why are we, where are we etc but not if we have a soul
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Re:Brain activity of dying people shows signs of near-death ... by akomtu on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @01:01PM (#35804794)
We can't even define what intelligence is, and soul is a much subtler matter.
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Re:Brain activity of dying people shows signs of near-death ... by Moneyyyyy on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @05:11PM (#35807864)
The idea of a soul independent of our body is fantasy and not based on anything.

We know that you can't survive without a brain. We know that your personality changes if your brain gets damaged.

It's very far fetched to talk about soul as anything else than just fantasy.

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