> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:13:49 -0700 (PDT), turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:

>>On Sep 18, 1:00 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."

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>>"placing on shelves images that could only be seen from above."

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>>"And if no one sees the pictures, it shows these experiences are
>>illusions or false memories."

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> 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.
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