• Question: is there an afterlife? is this possible to answer like a theory for seeing a light after death?

    Asked by adgunner10 to Andrew on 25 Jun 2013.
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      Andrew Manches answered on 25 Jun 2013:


      This question was the basis of the film Flatliners. They had the same science problem: how can you report back what happens after you die? In the film, they brought each other back after their hearts stopped a few minutes. However, you aren’t dead – your brain is still working.

      As for the light people see when they have a ‘near death’ experience: nothing is clear and there are many other possible explanations. For example, your optic nerves is affected by lack of oxygen perhaps?

      Some questions are very difficult for science – such as yours about an afterlife.

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