Philosophical Speculations

Overall, I think you are somewhat biased, Jim. the 2013 paper about the rats, unlike what headlines about it say, don't confirm that they were awake before the brain activity ceased. Also: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-neurological-sciences/article/electroencephalograph...

If you look at Wikipedia on Pam Reynolds, there is alternate explanation that doesn't require a veridical OBE. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Reynolds_case I'm fairly neutral on the NDE topic, but "Anesthesia awareness" Is a pretty deficient explanation for the Pam Reynolds case. There...