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triplew00t · 07-21-2003, 11:43 PM

Anyone have any good ideas or links on refuting NDEs, past life regression and childhood pastlife memories?

-Nero

echidna · 07-22-2003, 12:18 AM

http://www.skepdic.com/nde.html
http://www.skepdic.com/pastlife.html

Also check the links at the bottom of each page.

RevDahlia · 07-22-2003, 12:21 AM

It's been suggested that NDAs may have a physiological or biochemical cause, in which case they exist, but [inigo montoya] they do not mean what people think they mean. [/inigo montoya]

As for the others, they seem like wholly subjective interpretations of wholly subjective experiences, and as such can't really be logically refuted. You could point to the falsifyability of memory, proven in countless studies.

echidna · 07-22-2003, 12:25 AM

From http://www.rickross.com/reference/fa...ies/fsm49.html

Quote:

Seattle -- Warner Brothers cartoon icon Bugs Bunny played a pivotal role in a study of false memory and the power of suggestive advertising.

In a study reported by Seattle researchers Monday, fully 30 percent of people shown a fake print ad of Bugs in front of Disneyland recalled shaking his hand when they visited there -- although he is a Warner Bros., not Disney, character.

Funny, this is dated June 2001, but I thought it was only last year. My memory must be playing tricks.

ps418 · 07-22-2003, 07:54 AM

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Originally posted by triplew00t
Anyone have any good ideas or links on refuting NDEs, past life regression and childhood pastlife memories?

-Nero

Regarding NDEs, there are several good threads in the archive. Unfortunately, the formatting is messed up on some of them.

Visual hallucinations and NDEs

Brain-An instrument of soul!

Out-of-body experiences

What do those NDEs mean?

And:

The Case Against Immortality

Susan Blackmore's publications (some free for download)

Patrick

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echidna Veteran Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,832	http://www.skepdic.com/nde.html http://www.skepdic.com/pastlife.html Also check the links at the bottom of each page.

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RevDahlia Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 4,930	It's been suggested that NDAs may have a physiological or biochemical cause, in which case they exist, but [inigo montoya] they do not mean what people think they mean. [/inigo montoya] As for the others, they seem like wholly subjective interpretations of wholly subjective experiences, and as such can't really be logically refuted. You could point to the falsifyability of memory, proven in countless studies.

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