Kunal Mendes: Why do you think humans have near-death experiences? Is there a way evolution by natural selection could have had a mechanism to select for them? He says in both cases, our guards are down and we're seeing things that are going on naturally in our brains. Mendes: In the subfields closer to your heart, who do you think might win Nobel Prizes for Physics?"
Welcome to the September 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patrons, whittle them down to a more manageable number — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
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