Topher,
I think there are a lot of ways to put this jigsaw together. Some people reject all Ψ as 'woo woo', some of us see it as indicating the need for a new upheaval in scientific thinking - as we have already discussed - and you clearly see a third way. Inevitably, each of us achieves this by dismissing some evidence and concentrating on other bits - I guess only time will tell who is closest to the truth.
Incidentally, I was not even thinking particularly of veridical NDE accounts - just the 'ordinary' kind. The idea that neurones dying from lack of oxygen and glutamate poisoning (plus the anaesthetic which must often be present) suddenly produce a complex hallucination that is remembered far better than most dreams or even everyday life seems utterly improbable. Yes, it is possible to dismiss this fact as of no importance, but I suspect it is a rather important piece of the jigsaw.
David |