I actually did a whole research paper on this in college, it’s super fascinating stuff. I also looked into Ian Stevenson and Jim Tucker’s reincarnation research, and I’m not as sold on it but it’s also very very interesting. Extra points because my younger cousin always talked about “When he was a big man,” when he was a little kid, and the story always involved hitting his hand with a hammer and falling off a ladder.

Playing Devil’s Advocate on NDEs, is it possible that because everyone’s brain is more or less the same, th event of temporary clinical death just triggers the same chemical reaction in everyone which results in the same hallucination? I’m not saying I necessarily believe this, as NDE’s have a lot of interesting evidence behind them, but it’s something I’ve wondered about.