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12. There is a good take down of the effect described in the book by P Z Myers
Sat Feb 9, 2013, 03:25 AM
Feb 2013
Newsweek panders to the deluded again
The process by which the Doctor - Eben Alexander - formed his experience of Heaven is called confabulation.
I've had OOBE's before that are crystal clear to me, right down to textures & scents. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #1
I saw that scientist interviewed BainsBane Feb 2013 #2
He's full of crap. His being a neuroscientist doesn't change that. HERVEPA Feb 2013 #6
He's not a neuroscientist RudynJack Feb 2013 #15
whatever. Changes nothing. All woo. HERVEPA Feb 2013 #20
Of course it's all woo. RudynJack Feb 2013 #21
Glad to see we agree HERVEPA Feb 2013 #23
Two summers ago I had my bypass MattBaggins Feb 2013 #3
So they were working on you with drugs in your home with the tv on? Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #4
In the isolation ward of the Hospital... WCGreen Feb 2013 #17
I just finished reading a book called "Hallucinations" by Oliver Sacks, M.D. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #5
I just read that one too Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #7
It was excellent! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #8
Yep. I'm also reading his "An Anthropologist on Mars" right now Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #9
There's also "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" n/t intaglio Feb 2013 #10
Also excellent! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #11
I love Oliver Sacks, too RudynJack Feb 2013 #16
There is a good take down of the effect described in the book by P Z Myers intaglio Feb 2013 #12
Thank you for posting that. PZ is required reading... SidDithers Feb 2013 #18
Spoiler Alert? n/t Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #13
I had some similar experiences on acid trips Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #14
Convincing someone that their life continues after death is a good business... EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #19
There is a good book "Dying to Be Me" Beringia Feb 2013 #22
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