Submitted by Jessica Varney on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 8:19pm.
I think that adding out-of-body experiences as an observation really opens up a lot of interesting venues for discussion. I have a friend who talks about his lucid dreaming all the time, so from time to time, I've wondered about it. I would assume that lucid dreaming occurs when your I-function figures on. Kind of a, "Hey, that was a flying dog. Dogs don't fly. I'm dreaming, and I'll probably wake up soon," thing.
But out-of-body experiences- wow, that's such an interesting connection to make. I did some quick googling and came up with a BBC News article about scientists who were able to recreate out-of-body experiences. This article seems to suggest that out-of-body experiences are more like motion sickness, due to corollary discharge signals not matching up with sensory input. Check it out, it's pretty cool stuff!
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I think that adding
I think that adding out-of-body experiences as an observation really opens up a lot of interesting venues for discussion. I have a friend who talks about his lucid dreaming all the time, so from time to time, I've wondered about it. I would assume that lucid dreaming occurs when your I-function figures on. Kind of a, "Hey, that was a flying dog. Dogs don't fly. I'm dreaming, and I'll probably wake up soon," thing.
But out-of-body experiences- wow, that's such an interesting connection to make. I did some quick googling and came up with a BBC News article about scientists who were able to recreate out-of-body experiences. This article seems to suggest that out-of-body experiences are more like motion sickness, due to corollary discharge signals not matching up with sensory input. Check it out, it's pretty cool stuff!