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In reply to the discussion: Near death, explained [View all]Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)I left one out:
...(mumble mumble)...Unlike we scientifically enlightened beings, you mere mortals have misinterpreted the evidence...(mumble mumble)...
Hint: it's not the strength of any single piece of evidence, but the ubiquity and overwhelming pervasiveness of corroborating evidence from separate observers, and from many other unrelated fields. Given all the evidence through recorded history for the existence of something like a separable "soul", then Occam's razor should suggest that the existence of the soul is possibly the single simplest explanation for such things as NDEs, past life recall, ghosts and hauntings, etc. etc. Of course one can choose to ignore all that evidence as well. But that's not so much applying Occam's razor to the problem as it is dabbing Occam's shaving cream in your eyes to avoid looking at the problem.