John Grigg wrote:
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> Kai Becker wrote:
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> you continued:
> Nice idea, btw. I think I would volunteer under certain circumstances.
> (end)
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> Kai, you must be a brave man. I think I am brave enough, but I would do it through gritted teeth. Should my great-uncle leave his vast fortune to me(lol!) I will remind you of your willingness to volunteer! Before going ahead with that I would make all of Alcor's dreams come true.
>
> Anyway, it would be hard to get a top flight medical team for such an unorthodox experiment. If only I had the money...
>
Actually, I have a link somewhere around here that an experience
pretty much identical to that of classic NDE can be had simply
by administration of the drug ketamine in amounts commonly used
for anaesthesia. It is usually cut with something else when
knocking people out for surgery precisely to keep them from
having these wild experiences. That the experience is so very
similiar can of course be taken as evidence that it is something
happening in the brain. Ah, here are some relevant urls...
http://leda.lycaeum.org/Documents/Using_Ketamine_to_Induce_the_Near-Death_Experience.9260.shtml
http://www.mindspring.com/~scottr/nde/jansen1.html
http://leda.lycaeum.org/Chemicals/Ketamine.148.shtml
- samantha
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