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RKP5637

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6. Yep, and I believe the Soviets had similar programs. I think they were all abandoned? ... because
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 11:50 AM
Mar 2014

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they did not produce statistically significant results.

Similar to those IMO that see tunnels, bright lights and all in near death experiences. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2014 #1
Lay on the table in an operating theater and look up. What do you see? FSogol Mar 2014 #3
Yep! I think many people long for something more to life. I see it pretty much as RKP5637 Mar 2014 #5
It's not just that TlalocW Mar 2014 #9
What about people who claim this happened to them and they weren't on the operating table? lunatica Mar 2014 #10
How about people who did come near death on an operating table but had no "near death" hallucination REP Mar 2014 #23
I have an acquaintance who claims he can do this. Cleita Mar 2014 #2
Yep, and I believe the Soviets had similar programs. I think they were all abandoned? ... because RKP5637 Mar 2014 #6
Maybe, maybe not TlalocW Mar 2014 #11
Are you sure? Do you have proof all was abandoned? lunatica Mar 2014 #12
With all respect, one could apply the converse to your questioning! RKP5637 Mar 2014 #13
I didn't assert anything lunatica Mar 2014 #16
I have no idea either. That's why the ? was in my post. Yes, quite true, it is often RKP5637 Mar 2014 #21
i sometimes go beyond astral projection RussBLib Mar 2014 #4
that's lucid dreaming. NuttyFluffers Mar 2014 #8
i can project to the astral plane, but only if i roll a 0 on a 20-sided die. unblock Mar 2014 #7
N=1. Absolutely NO generalizability to population is possible. NoodleyAppendage Mar 2014 #14
the brain models the world we perceive... mike_c Mar 2014 #15
Well said n/t Catherina Mar 2014 #17
As John Prine said... seveneyes Mar 2014 #18
Chuang Tzu Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #19
The brain is a highly advanced, quantum machine. Rex Mar 2014 #20
This would "happen" to me quite often as a child me b zola Mar 2014 #22
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