(2019-12-21, 03:19 PM)Raf999 Wrote: Number wise surely. Van Lommel's study was very good in that regard.
I just can't accept the rest as true when it never happens in a controlled environement.
I have two explainations for this in mind:
1) NDEs aren't supernatural, so they are a mix of false memories, investigator bias, external stimuli got during CPR and more.
2) some force is keeping us from having a true, certified "hit" in controlled environement. As crazy as it sounds, I find this option possible. getting validated and bulletproof NDEs would shake up the world so much, having actual proof of afterlife, that it would cause enormous change. Maybe someone "up there" doesn't want it? Who knows.
In Parnia's first aware study, no one had an out of body experience in a research area, so of course no one could see the target.
In this second study, we just don't know if any of those four patients (who had NDE's) had an out of body experience, let alone one that put them in a position to see the laptop. We need to wait until he's got OBE's into double figures.
False memories doesn't wash. The patient's memories are of things that actually occurred and can be verified. Investigator bias ? I don't think any serious sceptic thinks that is a reasonable objection, Raff. If the investigators are biased then why haven't they exaggerated their data or altered it, maybe telling us that they've had a hit when they haven't.
External stimuli doesn't explain how patients can see round corners. This has already been checked and tested with control groups of patients who didn't have near death out of body experiences.