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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 4 2007, 11:38 AM (294 Views) | |
| ThinMan | Nov 4 2007, 11:38 AM Post #1 |
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Nowhere Man
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Many things that started as medical novelties have become common, almost recreational aspects of life, like some drugs (e.g. heroin) and cosmetic surgery. According to this article (and many others), a team of Belgian scientists has discovered the part of the brain that is responsible for the so-called "out-of-body experience" while treating a 63-year-old man for tinnitus.
What seems to be a joke at the expense of Belgian medical expertise, actually raises some interesting questions about the matter. Now, getting a patient in the out-of-body state probably has no medical use (except for checking for suspicious-looking moles in a mirrorless room), so what about its "recreational" potential? If the patient talked about is not a new-age nutcase and the effects would be the same on every person, and safe - would it be "wrong"? Is it ethically "correct" to charge people to give them what is probably a quasi-religious experience? Is there a market for the temporal separation of mind and body? Think of it as space tourism, only into the microcosm of the human essence. |
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| Aqueronte | Nov 4 2007, 05:08 PM Post #2 |
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Helen Wheels
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I'd do it, I wouldn't care about the price because I'm not a religious guy. I'd definetly do it, I have a friend who had this experience and it's pretty much a landmark in his life now. |
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