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The phenomenon described in the article does not require any non-naturalistic explanations. This is pretty much the role that people ascribe to DMT all the time
by pazimzadeh 4y ago
The phenomenon described in the article does not require any non-naturalistic explanations. This is pretty much the role that people ascribe to DMT all the time, which is supposedly secreted during our final moments.
I was in the presence of my mother during her final night and it was the most harrowing and traumatic experience I've ever had.
It was obvious that she was in pain towards the end, but interestingly over the 1-2 hour period after she died, when when she was surrounded by friends and family, her face gradually changed into the most angelic and peaceful smile. Even the guy from the cemetery commented on it, as most of the faces he's seen are contorted into painful visages. A naturalistic explanation would be that it was because of her positive personality and constant use of her smiling muscles led to those muscles being the strongest or first to contract during rigor mortis. I kind of like the idea that your death face is a reflection of who you were in life.
- zw123456 4y agoThank you for sharing thins. I agree, although there is surely scientific explanations, nevertheless, we humans have feelings when a loved one passes.
- mistermann 4y ago> The phenomenon described in the article does not require any non-naturalistic explanations. That would depend on: - the true metaphysical nature of reality, which is not known (though it typically seems otherwise, human consciousness & culture, 2023, being what it is) - whether you want your explanation to be consistent with the true nature of metaphysical reality
- pazimzadeh 4y agoWhy wouldn't the true nature of reality be included within a naturalistic explanation, if it was known?
- mistermann 4y agoIf it was known, it could be error, deceit, laziness, etc. But the true nature of reality isn't known it is only believed, but human belief tends to be considered (appears as) knowledge once an adequate amount of people in a society believe something to be true - 100 years ago religious beliefs were the dominant truths, now science is the top dog. Specific object level beliefs change over time, but human nature seems to be much more immutable.