Many people who have near-death experiences and they come back, some of them say, oh, I saw a light and I wanted to follow the light. And no one follows up on that to then report that they were near death. They were brought back to life in the hospital on an operating table that has a light over the table. There are people who say that they have an out of body experience where they look down and see their body. So this is evidence that everything you are is manifested in the electrochemical impulses in your brain. When those impulses go away, we got nothing left for you except the body. Your dead body, if you cremate it, your body's
How fast is a porta-potty slingshot? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and professional stuntman and comedian, Steve-O, break down the science of Jackass, explosions, and what it takes to survive the laws of physics.
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