8. Near-Death Experiences and Life After Death 瀕死體驗與死后生活

People who were once near death have sometimes reported various mystical experiences (such as going into a tunnel and emerging in a light, being reunited with loved ones, a sense of peace, etc.) that may suggest an existence beyond the grave. While such experiences are profound, no one has returned with proof or verifiable information from "beyond the grave." Skeptics suggest that the experiences are explainable as natural and predictable hallucinations of a traumatized brain, yet there is no way to know with certainty what causes near-death experiences, or if they truly are visions of "the other side."

曾經瀕臨死亡的人有時會宣稱自己有各式各樣的神奇體驗（比如進入一條隧道、出現在光之中、與親愛的人重聚、獲得一種平靜感，如此等等），這樣的體驗也許暗示著人死后有知。但是，盡管這些體驗讓人刻骨銘心，但卻沒有人從“墳墓那邊”帶回過什么證據或是可資驗證的信息。懷疑論者的看法是，瀕死體驗可以解釋，但是是受損大腦可以預期的自然幻覺。然而，我們還是不能確切知道瀕臨體驗的來由，也無法知道它們是否真的是“那邊”的景象。