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might have seen when he was allegedly floating above his body. The popularity of books
and movies about NDEs
Without a strong scientific explanation or experiments that can be reflects society’s interest
in the unexplainable.
controlled, NDEs don’t get much of the science spotlight. That doesn’t seem
to bother most experiencers, as many people who believe in NDEs are indif-

ferent to science. So NDEs continue to be widely regarded as expressions of
religious or spiritual beliefs.
Some put NDEs on a middle ground. Mayo Clinic College of Medi-

cine, for example, offers a class on NDEs to first-year students. In the orga-
nization’s own words, the course covers the point “where science and spir-
ituality meet.” It focuses on how doctors—both those who accept NDEs as

a valid experience and those who don’t—might deal with reports of NDEs