There's still a big bridge to be crossed between neurobiology and some of the phenomenology that you're referring to. Is it possible because our brains are just liars? I mean, whatever you think you saw, I'm going to most likely didn't. But there is an emerging consensus that there might be some clear neurobiology that's going on around the time of death.
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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