[MD] Falling out of Time/Space

[MarshaV]

At 03:44 PM 8/18/2008, you wrote:
>[Marsha]
>I was asking you about such an
>experience.  What does your scientific mind think about such an
>experience??????
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>[Krimel]
>Your description was a bit vague so I don't know what to make of it. Even
>with more detail I am afraid I would still not have anything specific to
>offer. But in general I feel very strongly that all experience involves
>activation of the nervous system. Often the issue really is what is
>activating it. This is especially difficult because the system seems capable
>of activating itself as in dreaming or in sensory deprivation experiments.
>Chemicals clearly alter the patterns of neural activations as do strokes,
>head injury, meditation and running marathons.
>
>One supposed paranormal set of experiences comes to mind though. People who
>have near death experiences often famously report feelings of euphoria and
>seeing a tunnel of light beckoning them. The same kinds of experiences are
>reported by fighter pilots under high Gforces. The effect seems to result
>from rapid oxygen depletion in the brain.
>
>Here is an example of another classical kind of paranormal experience that
>oddly turns out to lend itself to scientific enquiry.
>
>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070823141057.htm
>
>This one has always fascinated me. I can hardly wait to try it out.
>
>

"It's a very exciting development, and has implications for a range 
of disciplines from neuroscience to theology."


Krimel,

That's my choices for explaining these experiences: theology, 
neuroscience and whatever's in-between.  I am not impressed.  But I'm 
not sure what would impress me except the experiences themselves when 
they occur naturally.

Marsha






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