Near-death experiences can feel deeply real, coherent, and life-changing. People often report tunnels, light, review-like memories, or encounters that feel more vivid than ordinary dreaming.
Neuroscience and psychology can explain a lot of the experience: oxygen stress, altered brain activity, memory construction, expectation, and dissociation all matter. That does not make the experience meaningless, but it does mean the leap from ‘profound’ to ‘proof of an afterlife’ is not justified.
The honest answer is that NDEs are real experiences; what they prove is still an open question.
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