Mystery of the Self, NDE's and the Brain Part 6

Horizon Research Foundation Presented:
Unravelling the Mystery of the Self - From Philosophy to Modern Day Science at Imperial College London, September 10, 2009.
The symposium consisted of an engaging discussions on the nature of the self by:
Dr Peter Fenwick, Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London and
Dr Sam Parmia, Fellow in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York.
Joining them for a panelist discussion was:
Dr Christopher French, Professor of psychology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, is head of their Anomalistic psychology Research Unit which he founded in the year 2000 and
Dr. Joan LaRovere, a Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care and Director of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• death
• nde
• near death experience
• consciousness

[numtybollucks]

Why are we so unique? The answer is simple. We're not.

[ultradumbass]

@DaithiDublin they are releasing it in bits but the problem with his experiments is he is relying on a picture to tell them everything. the problem is that they might not know where to look. charles tart on the other hand in the 60's wrote a 5 digit number and a few patients managed to successfully see and memorise the 5 numbers while out of their body. the first thing to do is ask them where they were when dead and if they claim nearby they say certain words and ask what was said.

[ThisOneIsTaken]

@DaithiDublin

It should come out in 2012 from what I heard.

[DaithiDublin]

Are there any finding yet from the Aware project? It seems like a very good experimental study and I've heard it mentioned before, but I haven't come across any data yet. I had an NDE myself over a decade ago, but it wasn't of the 'out-of-body' type and I have been perfectly happy to view it as a product of chemical processes in my brain. It had no effect on my atheistic world-view, but it has cured me of a fear of death. And that's something my most devout friends still fear.

[RussianAssassin21]

@k0smon The mind may seem to function separately from the physical body during NDEs but that doesn't mean it does. Until there's evidence from studies similar to what the speaker here mentions there's no reason to believe the mind is anything more than a product of the physical brain. What's your definition of the mind?

[k0smon]

@RussianAssassin21 ::: The 'mind' is an enigma. During NDEs, it seems to function separately from the physical body. I see the mind as the 'brain' of the spirit body.

[RussianAssassin21]

@k0smon I'd say that the mind and consciousness are electrical manifestations of the physical brain. I'm pretty sure most experts would agree but I'm not certain.

[benthejrporter]

@k0smon The brain is easy to define: It's an organ that acts as controller and regulator of the nervous system. As for the other two?... Well, people have been discussing that for several thousand years and still haven't found a definite answer!

[k0smon]

We need more precise definitions : brain, mind, consciousness.