How do you explain out of body experiences?

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How do you explain out of body experiences?

There have been so many recorded cases of people having OBEs where they hear or see something going on in a different room and then later verify it to be true. One patient that was dying even was able to tell doctors all the steps they took during a surgery while he was "brain dead". I think the best case is Anita Moorjani's case. A woman who recovers from cancer. While she is in a coma, she says that she was able to see and hear what her husband and her doctor were talking about in a different room.
I know that many of these cases are anecdotal, but it seems that it happens to so many people. So many people claim to be able to remember things during these events. Unless, could it be that even during a coma that the.brain is still doing something?

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chimp3's picture
@pork222 : Just a little

@pork222 : Just a little obsessed with NDE's are we?

Nyarlathotep's picture
pork222 - could it be that

pork222 - could it be that even during a coma that the.brain is still doing something?

What makes you think that the brain is not doing anything during a coma? Remember that a coma, brain death, and persistent vegetative state are very different situations.

pork222 - A woman who recovers from cancer.

From the small amount of research I did, it appears she was diagnosed with cancer but it was never confirmed (no cancer cells were ever found). It is entirely possible she never had cancer.

pork222 - How do you explain out of body experiences?

There is really nothing to explain. When people start coming out of these situations with information that is impossible to have guessed, imagined, or heard; then we'll have something that needs an explanation. But this is exactly what NEVER happens. Why do you suppose that is?

CyberLN's picture
So, you have some anecdotes

So, you have some anecdotes and wonder if they prove anything. What about the anecdotes that show the opposite? For instance, my son was in a coma, and doesn't remember shit. So who is right?

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