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Near-Death Experiences Fail to Confirm Any Single Belief System

People of different faiths tend to have experiences consistent with their culture. What does that say about the reality of the experiences? Read More ›
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To Skeptics, Four Challenges on Near-Death Experiences

Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary devote Chapter 6 to addressing various efforts to debunk near-death experiences. Read More ›
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Near-Death Experiences Are Being Taken More Seriously Now

We are seeing a growth in genuine curiosity, which is a welcome change, and likely to be a fruitful one. Read More ›
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Egnor: The Soul Has No Off Switch

"You’re not going to hear from a mathematics department at the local university that the number 8 passed away yesterday." Read More ›
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Scientists Ask: Does the Soul Survive Death?

Gradually, medical findings about what happens to the mind around the time of death are undermining assumptions that the soul dies with the body. Read More ›
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Mind Is Not Annihilated at Death, ER Doc Says

“The evidence so far suggests that the entity we call the human mind… does not become annihilated after a person has died.” Read More ›
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A Philosopher Investigates Near-Death Experiences

Monika Mandoki did not experience efforts to get her canceled. That may be for several reasons. Read More ›
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Are Near-Death Experiences Science Now?

The laughter has died down? Good. It was modern medicine — not religion — that created the hard evidence for credible near-death experiences. Read More ›
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Near-Death Research Slowly Fills in the Picture

When an 87-year-old man was having his brain scanned, he died — unexpectedly — of a heart attack. So, the scan recorded his unanticipated final brain activity. Read More ›
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Is Life After Death Incompatible with Physics?

In 2011, Sean Carroll wrote an essay on why — from a science perspective — our minds must be extinguished at death Read More ›

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