On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:13:49 -0700 (PDT), turtoni
fastmail.net> wrote:
>On Sep 18, 1:00Â pm, A Situation
nothing.com> wrote:>> Of course, after the absolute strangeness of the fact
>> of existence its self, anything could happen or be, but from
>> an engineering perspective, when the physical basis for something
>> breaks down, that something ceases to be. In this case, as the break down is
>> occurring, qualia producing neural structures may continue function for a while,
>> as may memory functions. Hence your "near-death" experience memories.
>
>"others recall looking down from the ceiling at medical staff."
>
>"placing on shelves images that could only be seen from above."
>
>"And if no one sees the pictures, it shows these experiences are
>illusions or false memories."
The human brain is structured so as to compulsively confabulate any perception
and/or consideration into a scenario that provides "understanding", or that
"makes sense". Many examples in the literature on experiments showing
this. In addition, look at the crazies herein, they think their stories are the
real McCoy. Of course, I also wear those stripes.
--
Frederick Martin McNeill
Poway, California, United States of America
mmcneill@
fuzzysys.com
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