Posted: Sep 13, 2012 11:50 am
Shrunk wrote:DrParisetti wrote:5. Fantasy, fear of death, hallucination, CO2, hypoxia and drugs have been dealt with in the landmark 2001 Lancet paper by Pim Van Lommel et al.
http://profezie3m.altervista.org/archiv ... et_NDE.htm
That paper is not very convincing at all. As discussed by Dr. Mark Crislip:
Van Lommel's paper - even without those problems - does not provide a reason to think that a supernatural explanation of NDEs is necessary. It merely makes the assertion that a physiological explanation is not sufficient. One of the main reasons cited for this is that NDEs are so uncommon, as opposed to the ubiquitous frequency one would expect if they were the result of a fundamental property - which would logically include both physical or "spiritual" properties - common to all humans.
As Christopher French comments in the same issue of The Lancet (p. 2039), there are well-established psychological effects that could account for the perceived phenomenon of NDE. Until you've ruled them out, you have no business looking to the supernatural for your explanation.