indicating a close approximation or similarity to a certain quality or state, often used to convey a sense of resemblance or equivalence without absolute precision.
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Get the Near Jail Experience mug.The central conundrum of complex, structured experience during clinical cessation of brain function. During cardiac arrest, EEG flatlines, global cerebral ischemia occurs, and the brain's integrative capacity is thought to halt. The hard problem asks: How do individuals then report vivid, narrative, emotionally profound experiences—often with transformative after-effects—during this period of no measurable neural activity? If consciousness is a product of brain function, it shouldn't be producing its most vivid "movie" when the projector is broken and unplugged.
*Example: A patient "codes" for 10 minutes with no pulse or brain activity. Revived, they describe a detailed sequence: leaving their body, traveling, meeting entities, a life review, and a decision to return. The hard problem is the cognitive paradox: forming new memories, processing language, experiencing selfhood, time, and emotion all require a highly integrated, energetic brain. The experience claims these highest-order cognitive functions were active when the biological hardware for them was in systemic failure. It's like a computer playing a stunning 4K video while fully powered down.* Hard Problem of Near-Death Experiences (NDEs).
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