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Originally Posted by stefaan
Materialists claim the ego is nothing more than the product of a working brain. Dualists believe there is a soul which is able to live without a brain, lives on when you die, etc.
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There is a relatively new book written by a certain doctor , I can't recall the name of the book at the moment, that is all about recorded experiences proving that the brain does not need to be active in order for us to think.
It references many cases of various patients in hospitals who have essentially died for 30 minutes or so, had absolutely no brain activity as their brains were being measured, and yet upon being revived were able to tell the doctors and nurses words that were spoken between themselves while the patient was "lifeless". Many patients mentioned floating above their body and were also able to describe what the doctors were doing.