Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 15 Apr 2013, at 21:26, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 4/14/2013 1:07:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, marc...@ulb.ac.be writes: NDE might helps people in stress situation, of after being wounded. Given the fact that humans seems to fight since a long time, that might convey so

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-15 Thread Spudboy100
In a message dated 4/14/2013 1:07:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, marc...@ulb.ac.be writes: NDE might helps people in stress situation, of after being wounded. Given the fact that humans seems to fight since a long time, that might convey some evolutionary role. This does not logically entail

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 09 Apr 2013, at 17:11, Telmo Menezes wrote: The web of trust comes from PhDs from accredited Universities. That is the deal that everyone accepts. If only that was true. Not all academies play the rule. Separation of power leaks so much (since Nixon, more or less), that even academies

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi John, On 14 Apr 2013, at 00:10, John Mikes wrote: Bruno, I stand corrected (redface): I had a closed mind for NDE considered only as the observable experience on the 'patient' in a "dying-like" situation. Your airplane-example opened my eyes: it may refer to experiences when someone (a

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Apr 2013, at 16:13, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Rather then just the Liege study, let us look to November, when Dr. Sam Parnia, releases his research on the AWARE project. He has a partial sumary of this study in his new book, Erasing Death (US) or The Lazarus Effect (UK). Same book d

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-13 Thread meekerdb
: Sat, Apr 13, 2013 4:53 pm Subject: Re: NDE's Proved Real? On 4/13/2013 7:13 AM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Rather then just the Liege study, let us look to November, when Dr. Sam Parnia, releases his research on the AWARE project. He has a partial sumary of this study in his new book,

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-13 Thread John Mikes
Bruno, I stand corrected (redface): I had a closed mind for NDE considered only as the observable experience on the 'patient' in a "dying-like" situation. Your airplane-example opened my eyes: it may refer to experiences when someone (a group?) faces death. Adding my story to my mistake: I had a s

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-13 Thread spudboy100
see if Parnia comes up with something interesting, or it's a dead end, literally. The more interesting the evidence, the more vehement will be the opposition. Mitch -Original Message- From: meekerdb To: everything-list Sent: Sat, Apr 13, 2013 4:53 pm Subject: Re: NDE's Pr

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-13 Thread meekerdb
On 4/13/2013 7:13 AM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Rather then just the Liege study, let us look to November, when Dr. Sam Parnia, releases his research on the AWARE project. He has a partial sumary of this study in his new book, Erasing Death (US) or The Lazarus Effect (UK). Same book different ti

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-13 Thread Spudboy100
Rather then just the Liege study, let us look to November, when Dr. Sam Parnia, releases his research on the AWARE project. He has a partial sumary of this study in his new book, Erasing Death (US) or The Lazarus Effect (UK). Same book different titles. Parnia's AWARE study involves 25 hos

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 Apr 2013, at 23:56, John Mikes wrote: Bruno, thanks for the consenting remarks to my post. HOWEVER you wrote: "...Some non-toxic and non-addictive drugs provokes NDE or alike. Anyone, with a few practice, can see by itself. I have a theory that salvia might go farer, and be a gen

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-12 Thread John Mikes
Bruno, thanks for the consenting remarks to my post. HOWEVER you wrote: *"...Some non-toxic and non-addictive drugs provokes NDE or alike. Anyone, with a few practice, can see by itself.* * * *I have a theory that salvia might go farer, and be a genuine DEAD experience. You have the choice to

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-09 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:44 PM, John Clark wrote: > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Telmo Menezes > wrote: > >> > Nature/Science have no magical powers to verify if experiments were >> > performed correctly. > > > Like anything else they are not perfect and are subject to error from time > to ti

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Apr 2013, at 21:39, John Mikes wrote: I think I side with Craig: NDE is not "N" enough, is not "D" because the 'observer' (gossiper?) came "back" and not "E" - rather a compendium of hearsay (s)he stored previously about "D"-like phenomena. When a (human or other) complexity dissolves

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Apr 2013, at 06:38, Richard Ruquist wrote: There is no hell Ah? In which theory? You derive this from CY? In which theology? What is your definition of hell? Bruno On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Friday, April 5, 2013 3:39:52 PM UTC-4, JohnM wrot

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-09 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > Nature/Science have no magical powers to verify if experiments were > performed correctly. Like anything else they are not perfect and are subject to error from time to time, but I can't think of any other human institution that has a bette

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-09 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 6:13 PM, John Clark wrote: > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 Telmo Menezes wrote: > >> > What I'm trying to say is that I believe you do not distinguish: >> A) Science the method of inquiry >> from >> B) Science the human institution > > > > And I am saying is you do not understand th

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-08 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 Telmo Menezes wrote: > What I'm trying to say is that I believe you do not distinguish: > A) Science the method of inquiry > from > B) Science the human institution > And I am saying is you do not understand that only one of the following is true: A) Science can sometimes

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-08 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 4:38 PM, John Clark wrote: > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 Telmo Menezes wrote: > >> > Last week PLoS ONE received its first impact factor — a stunning 4.351. > > > Stunning? Nature = 51.15 Science = 47.72; and you're bragging about a > 4.351? > >> > This puts the open access jour

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-07 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 Telmo Menezes wrote: > Last week PLoS ONE received its first impact factor — a stunning 4.351. > Stunning? Nature = 51.15 Science = 47.72; and you're bragging about a 4.351? > This puts the open access journal in the top 25th percentile of ISI’s > “Biology” There are ma

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-06 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 6:39 PM, John Clark wrote: > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Telmo Menezes > wrote: > >> >this is an article about research published in PLoS ONE, a peer-reviewed >> > journal with a high impact factor (> 4). > > > I confess I've never heard of PLoS ONE, but maybe that is

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-06 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >this is an article about research published in PLoS ONE, a peer-reviewed > journal with a high impact factor (> 4). > I confess I've never heard of PLoS ONE, but maybe that is just my a reflection of my ignorance, so I looked up the top 10 mo

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 04 Apr 2013, at 18:11, meekerdb wrote: On 4/4/2013 8:35 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Apr 2013, at 15:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-memories-death-real-reality.html "Working together, researchers at the Coma Science Group (Directed by Steven Laureys)

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-05 Thread meekerdb
On 4/5/2013 9:38 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: There is no hell "The hell there isn't!" --- Billy Sunday -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to e

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Saturday, April 6, 2013 12:38:16 AM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: > > There is no hell > I wouldn't know, but there are stories out there of hellish NDEs. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/08/is-hell-real-people-who-went-there-say-yes.html "Working with Greyson, Bush identified several

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
There is no hell On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > On Friday, April 5, 2013 3:39:52 PM UTC-4, JohnM wrote: >> >> I think I side with Craig: NDE is not "N" enough, is not "D" because the >> 'observer' (gossiper?) came "back" and not "E" - rather a compendium >> of hearsa

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, April 5, 2013 8:01:12 PM UTC-4, telmo_menezes wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:45 PM, John Clark > > wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Telmo Menezes > > > > > > wrote: > > > >> > >> > wait for the Nobel prizes ceremony. That way you can be assured to > only > >> >

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-05 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:45 PM, John Clark wrote: > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Telmo Menezes > wrote: > >> >> > wait for the Nobel prizes ceremony. That way you can be assured to only >> > hear about the most respectable Scientific endeavours. >> Anything else would be a waste of your time.

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, April 5, 2013 3:39:52 PM UTC-4, JohnM wrote: > > I think I side with Craig: NDE is not "N" enough, is not "D" because the > 'observer' (gossiper?) came "back" and not "E" - rather a compendium > of hearsay (s)he stored previously about "D"-like phenomena. > When a (human or other) c

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-05 Thread John Mikes
I think I side with Craig: NDE is not "N" enough, is not "D" because the 'observer' (gossiper?) came "back" and not "E" - rather a compendium of hearsay (s)he stored previously about "D"-like phenomena. When a (human or other) complexity dissolves (= death) nobody comes back to tell the stories. Th

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-05 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > wait for the Nobel prizes ceremony. That way you can be assured to only > hear about the most respectable Scientific endeavours. > Anything else would be a waste of your time. This isn't a mathematical proof where I have all the informati

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, April 5, 2013 4:50:29 AM UTC-4, Alberto G.Corona wrote: > > I have a explanation of NDE experiences that is incomplete because it is > based on evolution, and the evolution of a trait rarely obey a single cause > not even a set of causes , because natural selection is holistic. Altho

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-05 Thread Alberto G. Corona
I have a explanation of NDE experiences that is incomplete because it is based on evolution, and the evolution of a trait rarely obey a single cause not even a set of causes , because natural selection is holistic. Although some of these causes may be the main ones in the evolution of a certain tra

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Craig Weinberg
Like On Thursday, April 4, 2013 6:19:17 PM UTC-4, telmo_menezes wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 8:56 PM, John Clark > > wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 Craig Weinberg > > wrote: > > > >> > Dull in what way? > > > > > > Dull in the way that reading what some Bozo I've never heard of typed

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 8:56 PM, John Clark wrote: > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 Craig Weinberg wrote: > >> > Dull in what way? > > > Dull in the way that reading what some Bozo I've never heard of typed onto a > obscure website about experimental results that would revolutionize not just > science but t

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 4:02:06 PM UTC-4, John Clark wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Craig Weinberg > > > wrote: > > > these hallucinations appear to to be real visitations to other worlds. > > > Did you learn that from astrology or numerology? > > http://www.nachtkabarett.com/

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 3:56:57 PM UTC-4, John Clark wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 Craig Weinberg >wrote: > > > Dull in what way? >> > > Dull in the way that reading what some Bozo I've never heard of typed onto > a obscure website about experimental results that would revolutionize not >

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > these hallucinations appear to to be real visitations to other worlds. Did you learn that from astrology or numerology? John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group.

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 Craig Weinberg wrote: > Dull in what way? > Dull in the way that reading what some Bozo I've never heard of typed onto a obscure website about experimental results that would revolutionize not just science but the entire world if true are dull. > You didn't read the article

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:46:50 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > Sure it can. The anesthesologist ensures that you get enough oxygen to > avoid brain damage, but that doesn't mean he ensures you get the normal > amount. And some surgery involves lowering the body temperature so that > the body

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:32:02 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > On 4/4/2013 11:11 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Thursday, April 4, 2013 1:53:42 PM UTC-4, John Clark wrote: >> >> Near death experiences are real, they exist, and they are very dull. > > > Dull in what way? > > >> When t

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread meekerdb
Sure it can. The anesthesologist ensures that you get enough oxygen to avoid brain damage, but that doesn't mean he ensures you get the normal amount. And some surgery involves lowering the body temperature so that the body needs/uses less oxygen. Brent On 4/4/2013 11:27 AM, Richard Ruquist

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:18:45 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > On 4/4/2013 11:02 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Thursday, April 4, 2013 12:11:36 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: >> >> On 4/4/2013 8:35 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> > >> > On 04 Apr 2013, at 15:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> > >> >>

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread meekerdb
On 4/4/2013 11:11 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, April 4, 2013 1:53:42 PM UTC-4, John Clark wrote: Near death experiences are real, they exist, and they are very dull. Dull in what way? When the brain is deprived of oxygen some people have hallucinations and other exper

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Richard Ruquist
NDE during surgery cannot be due to lack of oxygen On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:18 PM, meekerdb wrote: > On 4/4/2013 11:02 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Thursday, April 4, 2013 12:11:36 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: >> >> On 4/4/2013 8:35 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> > >> > On 04 Apr 2013, at 15:47

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread meekerdb
On 4/4/2013 11:02 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, April 4, 2013 12:11:36 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: On 4/4/2013 8:35 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 04 Apr 2013, at 15:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: > >> http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-memories-death-real-reality.html

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:05:01 PM UTC-4, Alberto G.Corona wrote: > > Even for materialists: why when the brain is in stress conditions do > appear vivid hallucinations that probably need a high dose of > energy instead of seeing for example a fixed image with "malfunction, we > are on it.

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 1:53:42 PM UTC-4, John Clark wrote: > > Near death experiences are real, they exist, and they are very dull. Dull in what way? > When the brain is deprived of oxygen some people have hallucinations and > other experiences, and some of which can be pleasurable henc

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Even for materialists: why when the brain is in stress conditions do appear vivid hallucinations that probably need a high dose of energy instead of seeing for example a fixed image with "malfunction, we are on it. please relax" ??? What I know is that there are a growing number of effects in hum

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 12:11:36 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > On 4/4/2013 8:35 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > On 04 Apr 2013, at 15:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > >> http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-memories-death-real-reality.html > >> > >> "Working together, researchers at the Co

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 11:35:49 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 04 Apr 2013, at 15:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-memories-death-real-reality.html > > > > "Working together, researchers at the Coma Science Group (Directed > > by Steven Laur

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread John Clark
Near death experiences are real, they exist, and they are very dull. When the brain is deprived of oxygen some people have hallucinations and other experiences, and some of which can be pleasurable hence the popularity of the dangerous practice of autoerotic asphyxia, taking LSD would be much safer

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread meekerdb
On 4/4/2013 8:35 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Apr 2013, at 15:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-memories-death-real-reality.html "Working together, researchers at the Coma Science Group (Directed by Steven Laureys) and the University of Liège's Cognitive Psych

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 04 Apr 2013, at 15:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-memories-death-real-reality.html "Working together, researchers at the Coma Science Group (Directed by Steven Laureys) and the University of Liège's Cognitive Psychology Research (Professor Serge Brédart

NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Craig Weinberg
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-memories-death-real-reality.html "Working together, researchers at the Coma Science Group (Directed by > Steven Laureys) and the University of Liège's Cognitive Psychology Research > (Professor Serge Brédart and Hedwige Dehon), have looked into the memories