Near Death Experiences: Irreducible Mind (Part 5)

Hundreds of people have been brought back to life and report they continued on after death, but is there any evidence to support their testimonies? *Correction at 7:39 the slide should say hydranencephaly not anencephaly. Don't forget to help us create more videos! We need your support: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5qDet6sa6rODi7t6wfpg8g/join Sources: Roger Lewin - Is Your Brain Really Necessary? Reciprocal neurological developments of twins discordant for hydrocephalus: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1511795/ Jon Mallatt and Todd E. Feinberg - Consciousness Demystified Neural correlates of consciousness: progress and problems: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn.2016.22 Consciousness in congenitally decorticate children: developmental vegetative state as self-fulfilling prophecy: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10400170/ Consciousness without cortex: A hydranencephaly family survey: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263293912_Consciousness_without_cortex_A_hydranencephaly_family_survey The presence of consciousness in the absence of the cerebral cortex: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/syn.20524 Boy Born Without Brain Proves Doctors Wrong: https://apnews.com/article/08099b98348a930469a232b9250f1509 Simon Conway Morris - The Deep Structure of Biology: Is Convergence Sufficiently Ubiquitous to Give a Directional Signal? New Research On Octopuses Sheds Light On Memory: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617102853.htm Near-death experiences in survivors of cardiac arrest: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Near-death-experience-in-survivors-of-cardiac-a-in-Lommel-Wees/11181596b7dd91cc7b461781267908a03838e31c A prospectively studied near-death experience with corroborated out-of-body perceptions and unexplained healing: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-10871-002 AWARE-AWAreness during REsuscitation-a prospective study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25301715/ Response to "Could Pam Reynolds Hear?" https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc461722/#description-content-main Michael Sabam - Recollections of Death: A Medical Investigation Bruce Greyson, Janice Miner Holden, Debbie James - The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences Thirty Years of Investigation Near death experiences in cardiac arrest: visions of a dying brain or visions of a new science of consciousness: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11801343/ Dr Penny Sartori - The Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences Michael Sabom - Light & Death Further evidence for veridical perception during near-death experiences: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226754118_Further_evidence_for_veridical_perception_during_near-death_experiences Melvin L. Morse and Paul Perry: Transformed by the Light: the Powerful Effect of near-Death Experiences on People's Lives Daily spiritual experiences before and after near-death experiences. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/rel-a0037258.pdf Is the Near-Death Experience Only N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Blocking? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1025059210388 Near-death experiences: The experience of the self as real and not as an illusion: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51711259_Near-death_experiences_The_experience_of_the_self_as_real_and_not_as_an_illusion Irreducible Mind – Edward Kelly & Emily Kelly No Reason to Believe the Pineal Gland Alters Consciousness by Secreting DMT, Psychedelic Researcher Says: psypost.org/2018/01/no-reason-believe-pineal-gland-alters-consciousness-secreting- dmt-psychedelic-researcher-says-50609 Kenneth Ring - Heading Toward Omega An Israeli account of a near-death experience: A case study of cultural dissonance: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225996516_An_Israeli_account_of_a_near-death_experience_A_case_study_of_cultural_dissonance Near-death experiences precipitated by suicide attempt: Lack of influence of psychopathology, religion, and expectations: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01074180 Brain death and disorders of consciousness: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27404252/ Dr. Rick Strassman: DMT: The Spirit molecule Terminal lucidity: A review and a case collection: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51497433_Terminal_lucidity_A_review_and_a_case_collection