What happens when we die has been pondered since, well, forever. It seems pretty safe to say that we, as humans, are probably never going to come to a consensus about the spiritual ramifications — or lack thereof — of death, but scientists may be getting closer to understanding the process. Recently, a multi-disciplinary group of scientists released a statement announcing that near-death experiences are not hallucinations, contrary to popular belief.
The announcement, which was published in February in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, is essentially a statement of consensus about what scientists can agree is true about death and near-death experiences. It includes contributions from dozens of experts around the world in everything from medicine to neurophysiology.
