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Show HN: I analyzed 8k near-death experiences with AI and made them listenable
- mikias 10mo agoHi HN! I scraped 8,000 NDE/OBE accounts, analyzed them with AI, and built three ways to explore them: 1. *Search by meaning* — "floating above my body" finds similar accounts even with different words 2. *3D Map* — Experiences clustered by semantic similarity (UMAP on embeddings) 3. *Listen* — AI voices + ambient soundscapes. Surprisingly immersive. The audio was the most fun to build. ElevenLabs narration layered with ethereal ambient pads — you can listen to these accounts like a podcast. Not making metaphysical claims — just making 20 years of scattered NDE research data actually explorable. Try: noeticmap.com/listen for audio, /map for 3D visualization.
- Barathkanna 10mo agoThis is fascinating work. Right now it’s mostly focused on near-death experiences, but I’d love to see it grow into a broader map of spirituality, consciousness studies, and related fields. The visual approach has a lot of potential once more domains are added.
- mikias 10mo agoThank you! Yes I want to add more data from different fields and see how the they relate. Possibly Erowid DMT experiences as well since they have a lot of similarities with OBEs.
- goosethe 10mo agothis is great, loved it
- bunnybomb2 10mo agoMan this is cool! Smooth website too. Loaded really fast. Awesome work
- mikias 10mo agoThanks! I used shadcn and tailwind so not having a clunky component library helped with performance.
- mac-attack 10mo agoFor those with a morbid curiosity, check out "This is Actually Happening" podcast. It is almost always told by the victim and so where other podcasts feel exploitative, it feels reflective and insightful.
- arecsu 10mo agoBeautiful work!!! I love the creative direction of the page and the work overall, such fine work. Congrats!
- mikias 10mo agoThank you!
- etyhhgfff 10mo agoPlease add DMT experiences
- mikias 10mo agoI've thought about this quite a bit, Erowid has good data which I'll request from them. Check back on the app in a few weeks, you might see it there.