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And the only question I have is, 'what took you so long?'.  This seems to me to be a well thought out experiment.  Ingeniously simple.  I'm gagging to find out the results, but I'll have to wait 3 years.  This is awesome stuff.  What will it tell us about our modern view of the world?  Is the near death experience of a bright light an affect image?  Or a psychological phenomenon?  Both?  And will it give any pointers as to where we should look to make some current usable relevant myths?  Or will the idea of the bright light just be debunked and trashed as new-age woowoo?

"Doctors at 25 UK and US hospitals will study 1,500 survivors to see if people with no heartbeat or brain activity can have "out of body" experiences. Some people report seeing a tunnel or bright light, others recall looking down from the ceiling at medical staff. The study, due to take three years and co-ordinated by Southampton University, will include placing on shelves images that could only be seen from above. This is a mystery that we can now subject to scientific study. To test this, the researchers have set up special shelving in resuscitation areas. The shelves hold pictures - but they're visible only from the ceiling."

BBC NEWS | Health | Study into near-death experiences

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