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Consciousness could last hours after ‘death’ (www.thetimes.com)
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The news was presented at the AAAS meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Anna Fowler presented a synthesis of dozens of studies on near-death experiences and neuroelectrical activity around cardiac arrest. - https://particle.news/story/aaas-presentation-argues-consciousness-may-persist-minutes-to-hours-after-clinical-death

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[-] flemtone@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago

Considering low oxygen to the brain after 6 minutes results in brain damage occuring, would you really want to be brought back a vegetable?

[-] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

I was born dead for several minutes; sometimes i wonder if could be smarter i given more favorable ircumstances

[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Yeah, that would be a high priority item that I'm sure was part of the talk.

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