During general anesthesia, there's actually a lot of brain function that is preserved. So how does this connect to we read about in their movies that try to talk about near death experiences? And it's a great example of where somebody who is behaviorally quiescent, they're not doing anything, is having this really rich, vivid phenomenology that can transform their lives.
Can we bring people back from the dead? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice discuss restoring dead cells, the nature of consciousness, Frankenstein's monster, zombies, and more with neuroscientist, David Andrijevic and consciousness expert, George Mashour.
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