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In reply to the discussion: The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)77. Nope. OBEs are understood.
Neurologists can repeatedly reproduce OBEs using either drugs or brain stimulation.
That, in itself, says that there is no mystery. Check out the link at my post above.
And here are two on near death experiences, again entirely neurological.
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/near-death-experiences-and-the-medical-literature/
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/nde-update/
That's what the science says.
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But their beliefs are based on someone's inner visions as they made themselves one with
Jgarrick
Mar 2014
#113
It's curious that magical thinkers like to pretend to have access to the "real" universe
Orrex
Mar 2014
#93
So it's better to peddle pseudoscientific crap and live an exciting life?
Vashta Nerada
Mar 2014
#85
And call people out on the Intertubes for bad engwish, (your misery not you misery)
snooper2
Mar 2014
#139
Seriously? You advocate that everyone take megadoses of vitamins, regardless if they need them or n
Thor_MN
Mar 2014
#135
Cool. Scientology is like one-stop shopping for all your bollocks needs.
Liberal Veteran
Mar 2014
#7
Using "ontological" like people don't know you mean "scientific materialism"
mathematic
Mar 2014
#68
"Perhaps you're hanging out around too many highly religious science skeptics." To be honest: nope.
AverageJoe90
Mar 2014
#75
I'd think "Trickle Down Economics" falls under the "Religious" and "Pseudoscientific" crescent.
HughBeaumont
Mar 2014
#51
I hesitantly K&R this. I'd remove a chunk of that - acupuncture and Ayurvedic med helped me
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#136
For starters- that Karma is on there shows the utter stupidity of the person making the diagram.
KittyWampus
Mar 2014
#140