Guys do you believe Howard Storm's NDE?

[Little Rik]

---

What the dying brain hypothesis really says: The importance of neural disinhibition

When one considers the dying-brain account in its full context it is clear to see that the emphasis placed on cerebral anoxia misses the true essence of the account. As a consequence, many of the criticisms against the dying-brain hypothesis border on the irrelevant. For the dying-brain account, the central assumption does not revolve around the presence or absence of anoxia per se, but of neural disinhibition. So the dying-brain hypothesis is perhaps more accurately characterised as one that models NDEs as an experiential consequence of a disinhibited brain (Blackmore, 1996, 1993, 1992, 1990; Braithwaite, 1998; Carr, 1982, 1981; Jansen, 1996, 1990; Saavedra-Aguilar & Gomez-Jeria, 1989; Woerlee, 2003). Of course, such neural disinhibition can be induced by anoxia, and it is likely that under more prolonged near-death situations it is likely to be present; but as a process, disinhibition can actually be triggered by many psychological and neurological factors such as: confusion, trauma, sensory deprivation, illness, pathology, epilepsy, migraine, drug use and brain stimulation (for comprehensive reviews see: Appleby, 1989; Baldwin, 1970; Blackmore, 1993; Sacks, 1995; Siegal, 1980). Without exception, all these instances that induce neural disinhibition and seizure-type activity can all be associated with aura and hallucination.

In principle then, anoxia does not need to be present at all to produce hallucinatory imagery. However, under cases where people are ‘near death’ or suffer cardiac insufficiency for any prolonged period of time, it is likely (i.e. reasonable to assume) a degree of anoxia would be present. Therefore, while anoxia is one route via which disinhibition can occur, it is by no means the only route. In addition, the dying-brain hypothesis predicts that more vivid, profound, and meaningful NDEs are likely to be associated with greater degrees of disinhibition. Thus, NDEs reported when people truly are nearer to death (and hence the level of disinhibition would conceivably be greater), should be more vivid, profound, detailed and meaningful, relative to those reported when people only believed themselves to be so. This is exactly what has been found (Drab, 1981; Gabbard & Twemlow, 1984; Gabbard, Twemlow, & Jones, 1981; Owens, Cook, & Stevenson, 1990).

http://www.critical-thinking.org.uk/para...-brain.php

Gee, I am so excited yog.  
After reading all that crap interested report that say that a brain is not dead even if it show a flat electroencephalogram (EEG) reading and despite also that the blood and oxygen do not flow in the brain anymore I thought to call these experts to my house so they can make my car running without any fuel.
I am quite sure that these expert can do this.  
I will never stop thanking you yog for letting me know about these experts.  

Oh, by the way yog I need your expert help.  
When people who have an OBE see their bodies from above does this means that their brain is still active or it means that the consciousness has separated from a dead body-brain?  

---

That puts us in a difficult position though, doesn't it? Do we lean towards what experts have learned from scientific study, or some random guy who thinks consciousness is a distinct magical entity that will get shoved up the arse of a badger or something when you die?

Not at all Roberto.  
Consciousness is the real YOU not ..........a distinct magical entity .........but the so called experts that yog keep on calling up do not understand yet what is the difference between you and your brain.
For them it is the same thing.  
No distinction of whatsoever.  
They still do not understand that inside a moving vehicle there is a driver.  
Luckily that you are not a fool like them.
We all know Roberto that you are very smart.