I think this proves we can prove a negative.— 180 Proof


It only proves this if you can definitively say that and where the missing item ought to be. Which is absurd. The only way you could say that would be if the missing item actually existed, then disappeared. You are conflating a "disappearing existent" with an unknown. Anything which is to whatever extent unknown can not be definitively identified sufficient to this putative "proof of non-existence." This is exactly what Dennett failed to appreciate.

That is by definition, proving a negative. What's absurd is your explanation. You are in fact, conflating positive/negative with existence/nonexistent.

Positive: There's a dog in my room.
Negative: There isn't a dog in my room.

What's also absurd is you think that "proving a negative" means that one must prove all negatives.

I'll ask you one more time, what do you mean by complete brain death? I never use any such terms. When I speak of death, I mean clinical death, i.e., no measurable brain activity, no heartbeat, and no breathing. Are you disputing that there are any NDEs that occur when a person is pronounced clinically dead? If you want an e.g. of someone who had an NDE when there was no measurable brain activity then I would give the example of Pam's NDE out of Atlanta, GA

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There are two issues with this. First, what's in bold is key. It's not the same as no brain activity at all. Different types of medical machines detect brain activity differently. A machine that is designed to specifically concentrate on brain activity is more accurate than one that just monitor the life status of a patient. "Clinical death" is actually misleading because it's not the same as being dead. Death is a process. Whereas dead is a state. It's more accurate to describe it using the word, "dying."

The second one is important. When it comes to "clinical death," there are two types, involuntary and voluntary. When it comes to the case of Pam, she fell under voluntary clinical death. This occurs during sleep brain surgery. This means that instead of the continuously deteriorating brain activity, it's a control one, in that it's deteriorating in pulses. Machines are technically preventing the brain becoming dead by constantly sending electrical pulses to the brain.

Also, the video that you linked is poor source for accessing her case. It's a documentary video and not an examination video. Put aside the notion that it's a video about NDE, it's a demonstration of an explanation for the layman, not a scientific explanation. The narrator presents a simple explanation of what is going on. This goes for the medical representative as well. An example is when the narrator state that the her brain was drained of fluid. What's not mentioned is that during a surgery, the brain is not entirely drained of its fluids. What's actually going on is that the fluid is slowly but constantly being drained. This is to prevent there being any fluidic pressure so not to interfere with what the surgeon is doing. Once the surgeon is done, the process is reversed. Fluid is slowly added back into the brain along with electrical pulses to bring the brain activity back to normal condition.

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Here's a scientific explanation for her case.

- According to the psychologist Chris French:

Woerlee, an anesthesiologist with many years of clinical experience, has considered this case in detail and remains unconvinced of the need for a paranormal explanation... [He] draws attention to the fact that Reynolds could only give a report of her experience some time after she recovered from the anesthetic as she was still intubated when she regained consciousness. This would provide some opportunity for her to associate and elaborate upon the sensations she had experienced during the operation with her existing knowledge and expectations. The fact that she described the small pneumatic saw used in the operation also does not impress Woerlee. As he points out, the saw sounds like and, to some extent, looks like the pneumatic drills used by dentists.[2] -

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Reynolds_case