Tag: near-death experiences
What Lies Beyond Death? A Physicist’s Take
The very existence of life — the fact that we are here at all to the pose the question — calls for something more than physical nature.
Can We Define the Soul Out of Existence?
Berkeley cognitive linguist George Lakoff argues that the soul could not really amount to much without a physical brain.
Soul Survives Death? ER Doc Faces Skepticism
In discussion with Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Dr. Sam Parnia stuck to his clearly defined evidence, avoiding religious digressions.
Scientists Ask: Does the Soul Survive Death?
Gradually, medical findings about what happens to the mind around the time of death are undermining assumptions that the soul dies with the body.
Heart Attack Doctor: Science Shows Death Is Not the End
Sam Parnia began by wondering how brain cells can give rise to thoughts. He came to see that the message “from science” was not what he had been led to expect.