Interestingly, the near-death experiences reported to be nearly identical in all cultures.

Those who go through them report a feeling of euphoria and floating, and of moving down

a long tunnel toward an inviting light, often they report seeing their whole life go before

their eyes.

And even more interesting is that we can recreate much of this artificially, because it turns

out to have a much simpler explanation rooted not in the afterlife, but in neuroscience.

Near-death experiences are today unskeptoid.

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Near-death experiences.

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