Fading into Memories, Music for the Mind, Air Diamonds

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Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today, you’ll learn about how doctors may have accidentally confirmed that our lives do flash before our eyes just before death, the scientists aiming to legitimize art and music therapy as treatment for mental trauma and how scientists are pulling diamonds out of thin air! ... Essentially.

Your life flashing before your eyes isn’t just a thing in movies. It’s real.

“Life may actually flash before your eyes on death - new study” by Holly Honderich
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60495730
"Brain Scans of Dying Man Suggest Life Flashes Before Our Eyes Upon Death" by Corryn Wetzel
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brain-scans-suggest-life-flashes-before-our-eyes-upon-death-180979647/
“When are we really dead? New study sheds light” by Hannah Flynn
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/when-are-we-really-dead-new-study-sheds-light#Accidental-discovery
“Louisville neurosurgeon marvels at the first-ever recording of a dying human brain” by WDRB Media
- https://www.wdrb.com/news/louisville-neurosurgeon-marvels-at-the-first-ever-recording-of-a-dying-human-brain/article_86c632c4-94f2-11ec-85ff-afaa97f1d9cf.html
“What is an E-E-G?” by Johns Hopkins Medicine
- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/electroencephalogram-E-E-G
“The Debate over Severed Heads: Doctors, the Guillotine and the Anatomy of Consciousness in the Wake of the Terror” by Grégoire Chamayou
- https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_RHS_612_0333--the-debate-over-severed-heads.htm

We don’t understand it yet, but art and music therapy work wonders.

NPR’s audio and written stories on the matter

“Art and music therapy seem to help with brain disorders. Scientists want to know why”
- https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1081263873 (audio)
- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/02/19/1081263873/mental-health-art-therapy (written)

Stop mining for diamonds! Just pull them out of thin air.

"A startup is sucking CO2 from the sky and making diamonds. No more mining?” by Can Emir
- https://interestingengineering.com/co2-diamonds
“THIS DIAMOND COMPANY WANTS TO HELP CARBON CAPTURE TAKE OFF” by Maddie Stone
- https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/2/22951332/aether-diamonds-carbon-capture-air-climate-change
“Diamonds Created Out Of Thin Air Sounds Like Magic. Aether Is Doing It.” by Pamela N. Danziger
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2022/03/04/diamonds-created-out-of-thin-air-sounds-like-magic-aether-is-doing-it/?sh=35d41ce341b1
“Made-from-CO2 concrete, lululemons and diamonds spark investor excitement” by Jane Lanhee Lee and Nia Williams
- https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/made-from-co2-concrete-lululemons-diamonds-spark-investor-excitement-2021-10-04/
NRDC on human breath carbon emissions
- https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/waiting-exhale

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff.
0:11.5	I'm Nate. And I'm Call Kali. If you're dropping in for the
0:14.0	first time welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to
0:18.0	grow your mind. If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn
0:21.8	about how doctors may have accidentally confirmed that our lives do flash
0:25.6	before our eyes just before death.
0:27.8	The scientists aiming to legitimize art and music therapy as treatment for mental trauma and how scientists are pulling
0:33.7	diamonds out of thin air, essentially. Without further ado, let's satisfy some
0:38.8	curiosity. Ah, that light is bright. Don't walk towards it in eight!
0:43.5	Cali, I'm not dying, you're shining a flashlight in my face.
0:46.5	Well, what if I told you scientists might have an idea of what you would see if you were dying?
0:51.5	We have an answer to the greatest unknown question. We are getting closer.
0:56.4	Doctors recently captured the first images of a dying brain when a patient suffered a heart attack during an EEG.
1:02.1	What they saw is raising questions about what it means to die and could give us insights into what our final living moments will feel like.
1:09.0	Okay, Cali, that's cool if not a tad dark, but how do you get an EEG of a dying patient? We can't exactly predict death, can we?
1:17.0	Let me set the stage. An 87 year old male went to a Vancouver hospital after getting a brain bleed from a fall. Doctors operated to deal with the bleed, but two
1:25.4	days later the patient started having seizures. To get a better sense of what was going on in the brain,
1:29.8	doctors administered an EEG. An EEG or electroencephalogram is when they put tiny metal discs connected to wires
1:37.3	all over your head to pick up your brain waves.
1:39.6	I'd love to get a look inside that knowledgeable head of yours, Nate.
1:42.6	Unfortunately, the man had a heart attack during the procedure and had signed a
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