Craig, I explain both OBE's and NDE's in my book on Reality.
The key to understanding OBE's is to first understand why normally the brain constructs a view of reality in which we seem to be INSIDE our body, inside our heads. When you understand how that works, it's easy to understand how the brain can easily make it seem we are OUTSIDE our bodies in times of extreme stress. See my book for the full explanation of both... Edgar On Sunday, February 9, 2014 6:50:18 AM UTC-5, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Sunday, February 9, 2014 4:28:09 AM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: >> >> On 9 February 2014 15:10, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> It's an assumption in science that the language difference is due to >> >> brain difference. That's not to say that our techniques are at present >> >> refined enough to see a difference, but there must be one if language >> >> is due to the brain. >> > >> > >> > I don't think science is supposed to make assumptions. >> >> Neuroscientists assume that we think with our brains just as cardiac >> physiologists assume the heart pumps blood around the body. It's >> possible they are wrong, but you would have to have a very good reason >> to challenge these assumptions. >> > > One good reason is that the absence of the experience of thought is just > as consistent with our model of physiology and neuroscience as the presence > of such an experience would be. > > Another good reason is that there are persistent claims of veridical OBEs > and NDEs. > > Another good reason is that if all of our experience is manufactured > within the tissue of our brain as a kind of cinematic illusion, then the > brain itself, and our understanding of it, would also be just as illusory > as any fictional story. > > Another good reason is that matter in general has no plausible potential > to generate intentions or illusions of itself. > > Craig > > > > >> >> >> -- >> Stathis Papaioannou >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
