near to death episodes: latest study (Endings)

by David Turell , Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 15:35 (2584 days ago) @ dhw
edited by David Turell, Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 15:45

DAVID: Go back and read the article. Parnia is studying people who are clinically brain dead, and finds them experiencing events they should not be aware of. Inactive brain while having experiences is dualism to me.

dhw: I can’t get the whole article, so I am relying on what you posted. The only experiences recounted in the article are of events taking place in the presence of the patient, and the article is absolutely explicit that during these few minutes the brain is ACTIVE:

QUOTES:
"However, there’s evidence to suggest that there’s a burst of brain energy as someone dies.
"They saw activity patterns which are linked to a “hyper-alerted state” in the brief period after clinical death.” (My bold)

If there is a burst of brain energy in a hyper-alerted state and there are activity patterns in the brief period after clinical death, then the brain can’t be called inactive!

I gave you the entire article. The hyperactivity is BRIEF, not the whole period of the resuscitation. Brain function stops in about 20 seconds after blood flow stops. Brain death is absolute in adults in 4-6 minutes after blood flow stops. Resuscitation maintains blood flow until the heart can be restarted, so the brain gets enough blood to avoid death, but not to create consciousness.