Tag: near-death experiences

A brain with electric currents, 3D brain, A brain with lightning currents of electricity.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 4, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alex Hughes, Anna Stone, Anomalistic Psychology, BBC, BBC Science Focus, Chris French, consciousness theories, enhanced experience, fulfilment, Goldsmiths University, happiness, human consciousness, materialism, medical science, Michael Egnor, money, morality, near-death experiences, paranormal, religion, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, sensory stimuli, The Immortal Mind}

Do Brain-Jolts Really Explain Near-Death Experiences?

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 4, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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One change I have noticed recently is that science writers seem a bit more careful with the topic than they used to be. Read More ›

Telepathic communication mind power control through thought and mental communication abilities

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 4, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alexander Batthyany, brain, confusion, Denyse O’Leary, human mind, immaterial reality, Michael Egnor, mind, natural world, near-death experiences, neurosurgeons, panic, somnolence, terminal lucidity, The Immortal Mind, theology, Threshold}

When the Mind is Freed from the Brain

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 4, 2026

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The strong dependency of mind on brain that gets us through everyday life no longer seems to apply when we come to death and dying. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 2, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, brain, brain function, communication, consciousness, death, Denyse O’Leary, emotions, free will, human identity, ID the Future, materialism, medical literature, memories, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, movements, near-death experiences, neuroscience, physicalism, reason, seizures, sensations, terminal lucidity, The Immortal Mind, Threshold}

Terminal Lucidity Points to Indestructible Personhood

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 2, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Why would the human mind sometimes appear strongest when the brain is weakest? We begin a two-part conversation discussing the phenomenon of terminal lucidity. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 26, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, 4th of July, americans, atheists, blueberries, Christof Koch, CNN, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, faith and science, fireworks, Gaza, Independence Day, Israel, journalists, July 4, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Roman Catholics, Scripture, Seattle, skeptics, Sunday Times, The Immortal Mind, YouTube videos}

No. 7 Story for 2025: World’s “Best-Known Journalist” Meets Michael Egnor

_{David Klinghoffer
December 26, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Piers Morgan, who is Catholic, says he already believed in life after death from faith and Scripture. What he wanted, he said, was scientific evidence for it. Read More ›

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Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, consciousness, Daily Mail, David Klinghoffer, life after death, near-death experiences, panpsychism, physicists, Plato, Plato's Revenge, quantum mechanics, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Hawking, telepathy, terminal lucidity, Thomas Henry Huxley, universe, Uppsala University}

According to New Physics Model, Consciousness Underlies the Universe

_{Science & Culture
December 1, 2025

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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We live in a universe closer to the vision of Plato (c. 427 – 348 BC) than of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895). Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 28, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, body, brain, COSM 2025, David Deutsch, Francis Crick, materialist paradigm, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, soul}

Skeptic Michael Shermer’s Non-Vision of the Soul

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 28, 2025

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Responding to Michael Egnor at COSM 2025, he said that the soul is an explanation but not a good explanation for our relationship to our bodies. Read More ›

Female robot face, Artificial intelligence concept. Generative AI

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 21, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, brain, brain mapping, COSM 2025, debates, emotions, free will, history of science, immaterial mind, intelligent design, logic, machines, mathematics, memories, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, near-death experiences, psychology, seizures, sensations, soul, twins}

COSM Debate: “Are Human Beings Machines?”

_{Casey Luskin
November 21, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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The debate centered on the mind and brain and whether the mind is distinct from the brain or whether we’re nothing more than chemicals and firing neurons. Read More ›

A group of monkeys on a raft in a river, carrying bunches of bananas.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Africa, Atlantic Ocean, biogeography, biological information, biology, Brandon McGuire, cosmic fine-tuning, Daily Dose of Wisdom, Denyse O’Leary, evolution, fossils, information, materialist paradigm, materialists, mind, monkeys, multiverse, near-death experiences, New World, origin of life, origin of the universe, punctuated equilibrium, quantum fluctuation, South America, species, universe}

In Evolution, Explaining vs. Explaining Away: Rafting Monkeys and More

_{David Klinghoffer
November 13, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Says Casey Luskin, "If you're an evolutionist, you have a serious problem. Where do South American monkeys come from?" Read More ›

Expérience de mort imminente autrement appelé EMI

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 12, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, confusion, Daily Mail, endorphins, geometry, hypoxia, jesus, ketamine, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, oxygen, Pam Reynolds, psychology, soul, The Immortal Mind, veridical}

Near-Death Experiences: Explaining vs. Explaining Away

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 12, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The first rule of a scientific approach should be to take seriously what is happening before rushing in with a “science can explain this” hypothesis. Read More ›

Cave with cave drawings. Cartoon mountain scene background Primitive cave paintings. ancient petroglyphs.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 22, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Psychology
Tagged
, Antony Flew, artifacts, brain, cave art, death, dying, human beings, Michael Egnor, Neanderthals, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Ohio State University, paleontology, pseudoscience, psychology, Psychology Today, The Immortal Mind, There Is a God}

In Study of Human Psychology, the Power of “Maybe”

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 22, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology, Psychology

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This is not science and is not a good look for a psychology that purports to have some relationship with science. Read More ›