tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35317973.post7977134780115397153..comments2023-10-30T06:51:30.832-04:00Comments on LeDaro: “Heaven Is Real: A Doctor’s Experience With the Afterlife” Dr. Eben Alexander LeDarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35317973.post-8973449761983358792012-10-16T10:35:27.693-04:002012-10-16T10:35:27.693-04:00UnEvil One, you make interesting points. I believe...UnEvil One, you make interesting points. I believe I did read Sam Harris comments. Yet human mind is an extraordinary organ. It monitors every little discomfort in human body even if it is a small needle prick on your little finger. <br /><br />However, when the whole body is in distress and a person is in a comma that very brain plays the role of a ‘cheerleader’ in order to protect vital organs. Call this experience ‘heaven’ or whatever yet it is extraordinary. Were all the people who had such an experience were on DMT? I don’t know. LeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35317973.post-5659607059758430212012-10-12T19:59:31.890-04:002012-10-12T19:59:31.890-04:00I was waiting for Sam Harris to respond to the New...I was waiting for Sam Harris to respond to the Newsweek article (which I had a good feeling that he would.) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris_%28author%29" rel="nofollow">Sam Harris</a> is an well known atheist author, but more importantly, he also happens to be a neuroscientist. For his response article, he also checked with his former thesis advisor - just to be thorough.<br /><br />His response is <a href="http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/this-must-be-heaven" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Short version: people who are in a coma are unconscious, not dead. Their brain cells are all still functioning. Furthermore, other people have reported dreaming while they were in a coma.<br /><br />Conclusion? There's nothing about Dr Alexander's experience that disproves a naturalistic worldview.<br /><br />As a bonus, Sam Harris also compares Dr Alexander's description to the experiences people have on the drug <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyltryptamine" rel="nofollow">DMT</a>. He's not the only one to make that <a href="http://gawker.com/5949892/newsweek-cover-story-or-internet-posting-about-dugs-a-quiz" rel="nofollow">comparison</a>. DMT also happens to occur naturally in the human brain.UnEvil Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246063125840847267noreply@blogger.com