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Response to “Could Pam Reynolds hear?”

Stuart Hameroff

The Journal of near-death studies 2011 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-2011-30-1-p26-28. (opens in new tab)

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Key points Argues that Gerald Woerlee's claim that Pam Reynolds heard through normal means during her near-death experience is implausible, based on the author's clinical expertise, and contends that the experience supports a theory of non-local consciousness.

Abstract

In this article, I reply to Gerald Woerlee's (2011, this issue) claim that during Pam Reynold's near-death experience (NDE), she actually could hear through normal means. I respond in terms of my 35 years experience as a clinical anesthesiologist, researcher into mechanisms of anesthesia and consciousness, and proponent of a theory of non-local consciousness put forth by mathematical physicist Sir Roger Penrose and me.