Scientists study consciousness after death with surprising results

Been operated on six times in the last few years. Almost all were falling to sleep and waking under adequate drugs, but once I recall going to happiness only to be turned back with the message “You have something yet to do.” As I’ve been befuddled all my life as what to do other than being a good person I feel on the hook to find that.

I guess I can take some comfort having faith I’ll probably be solid until that purpose gets to me; but I’m not happy asking to believe that something is predestined by fate out of one’s control. Fair enough - if you just look around you’ll see someone far worse off and have to count your blessings.

This is nonsense. They are not dead. If the brain is alive (any electrical activity) then it’s not dead. If the brain is truly dead (0 electrical activity) then it’s not coming back. So we are back to where we were - no one truly knows.

In Soviet Russia, the fjords pine for you.

Where were you before you were where you are now? All of a sudden you realize you’re crawling along across a floor.

Probably they realize they’re dead when they wake up in the morning.

If you really want to study a nonfunctional brain.......well......

C’mon, Man!

Death is popular. Everyone is doing it...

This story is absolutely fascinating and I hope your conclusion is accurate. I think I would feel the same as you did.

Most graveyards have fences around the because people are just dying to get in.

I’ve commented on this before, but I had a heart attack/cardiac arrest with 11 minutes of CPR and 2 AED shocks. It was the most pain free, relaxed, peaceful experience I could ever imagine. I was in a dark space which I perceived to be a tunnel. There were...apparitions floating in the darkness. I think they may have been dead relatives, but I’m not sure if I thought that then or later. I did not see the “bright light”. Then I woke up. I have no fear of death, at all. I do not, however, look forward to the process of dying.

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If the brain is alive (any electrical activity) then it’s not dead. If the brain is truly dead (0 electrical activity)

Calling it "activity" may be a stumbling block.