The Secrets of Consciousness | Part I: Seeing Without Eyes • Trailer
What Researchers Found
The Story
Joseph Atzmiller had a near-death experience caused by severe blood loss on December 20th at 8 p.m. He lay in a morgue-like place. He saw a label tied to his right toe that said he died. From outside his body, he viewed the full scene. His body showed heavy blood loss and lay near death. He watched paramedics and an emergency doctor in confusion. He felt bigger than his body and perceived everything clearly. Later, he floated above his body in the hospital. He saw doctors working on him but did not care. He saw without eyes and perceived without senses. His consciousness worked without a body. After the NDE, he questioned science's view that consciousness comes only from the brain. He believed consciousness can exist on its own.
The account features a severe medical crisis with a toe tag declaring death and highly specific details like exact name, date, and time, observed from an impossible out-of-body vantage. However, evidential strength is limited by complete absence of any reported verification, confirmed perceptions, or timing of the report.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
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What Researchers Found
The account features a severe medical crisis with a toe tag declaring death and highly specific details like exact name, date, and time, observed from an impossible out-of-body vantage. However, evidential strength is limited by complete absence of any reported verification, confirmed perceptions, or timing of the report.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.