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Floyd R. Turbo

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19. Weird! I don't get a paywall.

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 07:12 PM

Feb 18

A 2019 study found that “the brain is able to fire electrical signals many minutes after death, or even hours if preserved”.

Dr Sam Parnia, director of critical care and resuscitation research at New York University, said it is likely that the last thing heard by many people who die in hospital is the doctor uttering the words “time of death” as they remain conscious for longer than expected.

• On the paradise island where millionaires go to avoid death (and taxes)

A 2023 study in the Resuscitation journal found that “consciousness, awareness and cognitive processes may occur during cardiac arrest” for up to an hour while CPR is being performed.

Fowler said that death should be considered to have different phases, arguing: “You have stage three cancer, stage two cancer. Well, there are stages of death.”

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Something else to lose sleep over: Consciousness could last hours after 'death' [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Feb 18 OP

Pft.. I'm still waiting for my consciousness to start. Orrex Feb 18 #1

😁 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 18 #2

LOL BComplex Feb 18 #5

get better coffee! DBoon Feb 18 #17

You mean tRump might be aware of the incredible celebrations after his death? Whyisthisstillclose Feb 18 #3

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 18 #4

I love creative thinking bigtree Feb 18 #15

Bwaaaaah hahaha😀 malaise Feb 18 #16

He'd probably just think he had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. generalbetrayus Feb 18 #22

LOL! He'll still be a dimwit after death, won't he? Whyisthisstillclose Feb 18 #23

Snort! electric_blue68 Feb 18 #38

Keep the electricity going and I'll be like Google on my cell phone bucolic_frolic Feb 18 #6

🤔 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 18 #7

I lost consciousness looking at that link. ornotna Feb 18 #8

👩🏼‍⚕️ Floyd R. Turbo Feb 18 #9

Paywall but, Disaffected Feb 18 #10

Weird! I don't get a paywall. Floyd R. Turbo Feb 18 #19

Here is a free archive link: Celerity Feb 18 #28

I think I go against the grain with a lot of DU on religious/spiritual issues so I look at this and think "sounds right" ck4829 Feb 18 #11

Edgar Allan Poe wrote about taphophobia; the fear of being buried alive, stemming from the anxiety of being incorrectly sop Feb 18 #12

Also makes me think of Poe's short story BuddhaGirl Feb 18 #24

reign of terror - paragraph 2 tells of charlotte cordray ................. rampartd Feb 18 #13

YIKES! snot Feb 18 #27

... SSJVegeta Feb 18 #14

Gunga, gungagalunga shakeyslim Feb 18 #18

"So I got that going for me" MustBeTheBooz Feb 18 #36

A friend reads about near death experiences told by Eben Alexander, MD. usonian Feb 18 #20

Wow! I'll delete it. Thanks! Floyd R. Turbo Feb 18 #21

Just because you retain some consciousness... OC375 Feb 18 #25

Doesn't surprise me. We don't know the half of it. I'm sure. Joinfortmill Feb 18 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba Feb 18 #29

Consciousness is highly overrated. Ray Bruns Feb 18 #30

When we die, they change the sheets and get ready for a new patient. I ain't the Dalai Lama. twodogsbarking Feb 18 #31

Silliness ABC123Easy Feb 18 #32

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World --- A strange and disturbing and beautiful story erronis Feb 18 #33

Cool! When I die I will make sure Netflix is on then I can binge watch some movies before I Go! Jacson6 Feb 18 #34

Just be careful what you say after the plug is pulled! Totally Tunsie Feb 18 #35

I get "minutes" but not "hours". Laffy Kat Feb 18 #37

I saw Charlotte Corday mentioned above canetoad Feb 18 #39

Wow! pattyloutwo Feb 19 #40

When I have a chance, I'm sure I'll be able to personally investigate the matter, but I probably won't... NNadir Feb 19 #41

Yeah, I'm not so sure about that, really. MineralMan Feb 19 #42