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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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[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 20 points 7 months ago

Sure, bring them back after they realize heaven and hell are bullshit.

Electrical activity in dead brains is just chemical potentials that take a while to break down. No one, ever, has actually come back from actual death.