Researchers say there's evidence that consciousness continues after clinical death

[YoshidaYui]

[Dream Girl]

1. Likes ghost? NDEs?

[Midnight Writer]

2. I recall someone did a study in France of beheaded prisoners during the guillotine days.

They picked up the freshly severed heads and examined them for signs of cognitive function. They concluded there was a brief time when the head was still conscious.

[thucythucy]

4. Albert Camus wrote about this

and his experience witnessing such an execution. As I recall, he described quite vividly the look on the poor bastard's face in the seconds before all the blood drained from his brain and he lost consciousness.

Horrible.

[colorado_ufo]

10. I remember reading somewhere that they were advised,

with kindness, to keep their eyes closed.

[Chainfire]

3. Something for us organ donors to think about.....

[KT2000]

7. thought the same

Is the still living consciousness interior only or freakin' what!?!?!?

[slightlv]

12. Not only organ donors...

I think everyone should have a scan done to ensure no consciousness present any longer before any autopsies!

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Will pro-lifers be in court to protect skeletons?

[NullTuples]

6. These were "near-death" experiences

No breathing, no heartbeat - technically "dead" - but their cells were still alive. Including those in the brain. And then they were brought back within the parameters of living b/c their heart was restarted.

To quote a certain fictional character played by the wonderful Billy Crystal:

Miracle Max : "Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive."

[chowder66]

8. +1

[magicguido]

9. with an artificial heart and organs; perhaps the brain could live for another 200 years

[mitch96]

11. "with an artificial heart and organs; perhaps the brain could live for another 200 years"

But sadly they could not regrow Picard's hair (StarTrek)
m